For years it has been well known that application developers prefer to give priority to the platform iOS to the detriment of the Android when it comes to the production of applications for mobile terminals and various reasons were offered.
From software better thought of Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), for the development of applications, up to better support or less fragmentation, iOS has always won the cause in front of Android and that rightly because Apple knew how to offer what is more suitable for developers.
To find out if something has changed in the trends of developers over the years, a website created an anonymous form and asked 5 major app development companies to explain why they prioritize iOS over Android when it comes to app development.
Apart from the previously mentioned reasons, iOS developers because iPhone or iPad owners are richer, especially young ones, in their case the choice of an Android is mandatory because of the very low price, their goal being to purchase an iPhone in the future.
For my target demographic and audience, the people who have iPhones are far more desirable than their peers with Android phones. When talking with teenagers and 20 year olds, having a big, gold iPhone 6 Plus is like carrying a Prada bag or driving a BMW. It signifies a social status, a place at the top of their social circle. You buy an iPhone because you want the best. Young people I talk to with Android phones have them because it was cheap, or free, and their goal is to buy an iPhone a year or two from now when they have the money. They settled with an Android phone and now they're settling with clunky implementations of the apps their friends had before them on their iPhones. I'm building for iOS because I want to target users with taste and buying power.
Other iOS developers because they don't want to learn another programming language to create for the Android platform, because iOS and OS X are the platforms used daily, because iOS offers better possibilities to create a much more attractive interface, etc.
In the end, money also matters, and iOS applications generate much higher revenues than those for Android, whether it's about the simple ads displayed in them, the purchase price or in-app purchases, iOS has a profit because of everything the time.
These are just some of the strongest reasons why iOS has the edge over Android when it comes to app development, they've been around for years and Google hasn't managed to do anything to change the developers' mindset.
