Dev Wars - iOS vs Android vs Titanium
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The document discusses the pros and cons of iOS and Android development, comparing their platforms, app store experiences, and coding complexities. It highlights the fragmentation issue in Android versus iOS's cohesive updates, as well as an introduction to Titanium for cross-platform development. Additionally, it mentions Apple’s new programming language, Swift, which aims to simplify iOS development compared to Objective-C.
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At the WWDC this year, Apple decided to reboot all the iOS developers’ working life !
announcing a new programming language: Swift!
They called it the “Objective-C without C”… The Square Brackets notation is gone 😢
class MyClass {
var aVariable: Int = 0
func myMethod() -> String {
return “The number is (aVariable)."
}
}
@interface MyClass:NSObject
@property (nonatomic, assign) NSInteger aVariable;
- (NSString *) myMethod;
@end
@implementation MyClass
- (NSString *) myMethod{
return [NSString stringWithFormat:@“The number is %d.”, aVariable];
}
@end
Swift
Objective-C](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/devwars-iosvsandroidvstitanium-140721035933-phpapp01/85/Dev-Wars-iOS-vs-Android-vs-Titanium-12-320.jpg)
Dev Wars - iOS vs Android vs Titanium
- 1. Mobile Dev Wars iOS vs Android vs Titanium Michael Siddi @michaelsiddi Federico Pinna @0xfede Giuseppe Broccia @gbroccia
- 2. Agenda • iOS vs Android - Pros & Cons • Let’s create a simple app on both platforms • How to: Async HTTP/JSON Requests • What’s & Why Titanium?
- 4. iOS PROs CONs Great documentation for APIs Objective-C learning curve Almost no fragmentation All the Provisioning Profiles + Certificates stuff AppStore Only Verified Apps The only way to install third-party apps (no jailbreak) AppStore Long Review Times (starting from 1 week to infinity & beyond) Customers are more willing to spend money for an app iOS Developer Program costs 99$/year XCode It’s a complete suite for building your apps.. It has debugging tools + test & profiling instruments, etc. XCode Looks like iTunes and it crashes very often since version 4.0. Project configuration is not that simple. Beautiful UI and great UX No need of physical back buttons 😜 Create a Framework (SDK) for iOS is a pain in the ass! Great Debugging Tools LLDB (Apple’s replacement for GDB) No colors for the Console logs without third-party addons to XCode
- 5. Android PROs CONs Java & XML Complex code if you don’t design it nicely Play Store One time registration fee of 25$ New Apps Instant Approval Play Store Many Low-Quality Apps With many alternative stores your audience can be HUGE! + 200%!!! but you have to handle all of them! You can develop under the hood with native code … and you need to take care of all different HWs. Localization is quite simple IDE ? Entry Level Devices are cheap and fully equipped with sensors. Entry Level Devices Fragmentation & Low Performance No support for Android future versions by OEMs
- 6. iOS vs Android - Fragmentation iOS 7 is installed on the 90% of active iOS devices The last version of Android (KitKat) is installed on the 18% of active Android Devices Jelly Bean KitKat Froyo Gingerbread ICS
- 7. iOS vs Android - Market Share Q1-2014: Android WINS with the 81% of Market Share! iOS has the 15%
- 9. PROs CONs You don’t need to be a pro! If you’re not a pro you will make a mess! 😁 It’s Javascript, babe! It’s Javascript, damn! Consistent & well designed APIs The documentation is so so… Generates native code Optimization can be very hard Great for prototypes and betas Not so great for complex and big projects The best of both worlds: Titanium WORST
- 10. Let’s code!!!
- 11. One more thing…
- 12. Swift At the WWDC this year, Apple decided to reboot all the iOS developers’ working life ! announcing a new programming language: Swift! They called it the “Objective-C without C”… The Square Brackets notation is gone 😢 class MyClass { var aVariable: Int = 0 func myMethod() -> String { return “The number is (aVariable)." } } @interface MyClass:NSObject @property (nonatomic, assign) NSInteger aVariable; - (NSString *) myMethod; @end @implementation MyClass - (NSString *) myMethod{ return [NSString stringWithFormat:@“The number is %d.”, aVariable]; } @end Swift Objective-C
- 13. Swift The two languages will coexist until Apple will decide to drop the support for Objective-C If you want to approach iOS development ! this is the right time! ! 😀
- 14. Thank you!