You probably know that the sustainability of an OS is largely based on the contribution of developers. There is more developers, the OS will offer more applications, and therefore the OS will be chosen by consumers. Currently, there are several OS designed for smartphones and tablets such as iOS, Android or Windows Phone. Cepedant, a recent study indicates that developers prefer Android. We will try to explain why.
Android has enjoyed a meteoric rise since its introduction on the market, and currently as the operating system for mobile the most used in the world. Indeed, as you can see on the graph below, the market share for Android receives 80% globally, when Apple is on a portion of 13%. Moreover, it should be noted that Android currently has 1.5 million daily activations, so that the Google OS reached the milestone of 1 billion activations that day.
The number of applications that are available vary from one source to another
Thus, developers seeking to maximize the number of potential users and all countries combined language most often head to Android. However, although the actual numbers vary greatly depending on the source, it appears that iOS and Android are neck and neck in terms of applications available on their online store. Moreover, we can see on the graph below the Play Store currently offers 875,462 applications when the App Store has about 900,000 applications. However, we can expect an explosion of new applications for Android on arrival Anroid 4.4 KitKat.
That tells the story?
Moreover, it may also involve the story to explain the choice of developers. In 2007, the first iPhone was not included with the Apple App Store. The first Apple online store was opened in 2008 with the arrival of the iPhone 3G, with 500 in stock applications. The enthusiasm of developers for this platform was great. However, watching how Apple applications that were present at the time was widely criticized by developers, leading the conversion of the latter to Android a few years later.
Also, the Android Market immediately received many positive reviews since its opening. However, Apple continues its hegemony praising among other applications costing around € 1, which was in opposition to the price of its device that coitait about 600 euros.
Some still think that Android is full of bugs
The main Android vis-à-vis asset developers is undoubtedly its open and versatile in nature. However, it should be noted that the operating system Google came on the market with a lot of bugs that need a fast solution, which is why some people who have known that its Android debut think that today still buggy OS while it is totally false.
Open and versatile
One of the obvious differences' s Android has been its non-exclusive to a single device. The operating system is designed to be open and free, able to be used on a wide range of materials with different screen sizes and button layout. This allows manufacturers to adapt the software specifically for their mobile devices.
Android also allows for greater integration, both between different applications and the operating system itself. This is reflected, for example with the option to add the menu in the camera, other applications like Facebook, Instagram or Gmail to quickly share. The choice is a bit limited on iOS where you must often deal with issues licenses to bind an application to another. Moreover, Apple requires that all applications are executed in what they call a "sandbox", which limits access to other applications and most parts of the OS.
This was probably put in place to ensure optimum safety. But Android offers another solution including informing the user of any changes that the application tries to make the operating system.
The registration fee as developer
Finally, it should be noted that for novices, the entry point for the development of Android is simple and welcoming. Those who are familiar with iOS and have probably paid the annual registration fee of $ 99 may be surprised that the inscription on the Play Store is $ 25. Hence, developers have complete control over the distribution options that allow them to target specific devices, languages and countries.
The online application
In addition, it is also good to know that the applications which have been posted on the Play Store are almost instantly available in the store, through a set up by Google automated process. Although the process is automatic, security is not at stake, and elsewhere, Google regularly removes applications that do not meet the conditions of the Play Store.
In any case, we all hope that this rise will not stop one day, although other platforms such as Tizen or Ubuntu point their nose, and the platform will always continue to be preferred by the developers of the greatest pleasures consumers.
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