iOS development uses Xcode, currently at Xcode 6.1.1. It has now been officially replaced with Android Studio, shown below, with an Xcode screenshot below that. Previously, Android development was done with Eclipse using ADT - the Google customized Android Development Toolkit. But now, with Swift, I’d put it almost par for learning compared to Java.Īndroid: 9/10 iOS: 7/10 Development Tools That means you have to write more code to do the same thing, and the advanced data structures available to Java developers are well ahead of those in Objective-C. Java is easier to learn than Objective-C, which is an older, lower level language. Programming LanguagesĪndroid development wins over iOS in the programming language category.
Note that I switched from Eclipse to Android Studio two days before writing this. These are entirely subjective, but hopefully fair. With each comparison I’ve given a score for both. It’s my contention that iOS development is quite a bit easier, but see if you agree or disagree. In total, they cover 90.6% of the models. I picked those versions because of the market share figures on Google’s Android developer dashboard. As Android 5 (Lollipop) and Material design is still fairly new, I’m looking at the earlier methods, from Android versions 4.0.3 to 4.4. The SQLite format will often be the best choice for desktop applications because of its performance characteristics.Thinking of getting into mobile app development? What’s it like to develop for Android compared to iOS? In this article I’ll compare and contrast the two development styles from a programmer’s point of view. The XML file format is a good choice during the development of an application as it allows you to peek inside the file and see what is going on. In Tiger, Core Data will support three different kinds of files for storage of data:Ī high-performance, SQLite-based database file formatĮach of these file formats has its strengths. In short, Core Data is a model-driven object management graph and persistence framework. This allows you to focus on application logic and avoid the infrastructure work. Once defined, Core Data handles most of the heavy work of managing your data objects, both in-memory and on-disk. Now in Tiger, Cocoa can manage your data objects themselves through the power of Core Data, providing automatic undo/redo support, additional user interface synchronization, and data consistency, correctness, and speed enhancements when it’s time to write to disk.Ĭore Data gives you the ability to create a description of your data objects. And in Panther, Cocoa started providing pre-built controller objects (the “Bindings” layer) to connect various UI elements together with data models. “Cocoa has long provided a world-class solution for application user-interface development. There is little info about Core Data without being an ADC member, but here’s a brief description:
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