Ever wondered why Apple's ecosystem is STILL ahead of android?

Well, we have some new information to further explain it for folks who may not understand that the gap still exists.

Earlier this week, app developer Infinum published a blog post detailing the differences between developing for an iOS device and an Android device. You can probably guess the outcome, but it’s the specific numbers that really sparked my interest.

Looking back over its last six projects, each of which was released on the App Store and the Google Play store, Infinum found that on average, the Android versions of the apps required 38% more coding than the iOS versions.

More in the article, worth your time (should you choose to read it). Some bonus bullet points below–

• Just more code – applications for Android are written in Java, which is simply a more verbose language than Objective-C or Swift. You’re bound to write more code. More often than not, having to write more code means working longer and more potential bugs.

• Emulators are slower – even with GenyMotion, Android emulators are just slower than iOS simulators. This is just a factor that slows down the overall development.

• Fragmentation – more devices to test against, more potential vendor-specific bugs (“Damn, this only shows up on this random Chinese phone you can only buy in Lithuania!”)

• XML layouting – on Android, layouts are primarily written manually in XML, so WYSIWYG techniques are used less than on iOS.

Swift, Apple's new language, is going to keep Apple ahead in this respect, as well. I feel it's worth noting that this information isn't something BGR produced, it's something BGR shared from a developer blog. Just in case someone were about to foolishly use the crutch-word, "Bias."

Seems nobody gives a shit, almost surprised

Looks like the people that matter do care—those people being developers. How many people choose to acknowledge it here doesn't really matter. It doesn't change how true it is.

I'm no developer but at least I trust apps on the iOS ecosystem more than on Android for some reason. (ex: Online Banking apps)

I could certainly guess why.

Android doesn't have an ecosystem.

Still ios devices don't offer enough for me

@thehig1: Which is weird considering that the general market consensus is that iOS offers much more than Android

@mister-man: Not for me, I cant do anything with an ios device,

I like Battery life, with my android I use a mugen 6200mah battery and get 2 days heavy usage, also with the option to swap out my battery at any given time for a spare.

I like storage, I use a 128gb SD card, because I have a lot of media I use when travelling, mostly games saved for emulation

I like to play Ps1 games, good ps1 emulator and SD card to store as many games as I like, with support for 360 controller makes it perfect.

I use Kodi a lot to watch movies, and 3pm kick off in the premier league.

ios devices don't cut it for my needs, not even close.