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Android SDK vs iOS

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Android SDK

Stacks27.4K

Followers20.7K

Votes800

iOS

Stacks1.9K

Followers1.5K

Votes4

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Omran

CTO & Co-founder at Bonton Connect

Jun 19, 2020

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Kotlin

We actually initially wrote a lot of networking code in Kotlin but the complexities involved prompted us to try and compile NodeJS for Android and port over all the networking logic to Node and communicate with node over the Java Native Interface.

This turned out to be a great decision considering our battery usage fell by 40% and rate of development increased by a factor of 2.

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Detailed Comparison

Android SDK	iOS
Android provides a rich application framework that allows you to build innovative apps and games for mobile devices in a Java language environment.	It is the operating system that presently powers many of the mobile devices, including the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. It is designed to make your iPhone and iPad experience even faster, more responsive, and more delightful.
-	Built-in encryption, On-device intelligence;Apple Books; Automatic strong passwords; Voice Memos comes to iPad; Security code AutoFill
Statistics
Stacks 27.4K	Stacks 1.9K
Followers 20.7K	Followers 1.5K
Votes 800	Votes 4
Pros & Cons
Pros 289 Android development 156 Necessary for android 128 Android studio 86 Mobile framework 82 Backed by google	Pros 2 Integrated with other Apple products 1 Apple 1 Privacy
Integrations
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