Why choose Android Development
Why choose Android Development
Larges smartphone market~
Android owns the first place when talking about market share worldwide, developing an Android app can potentially lead to greater user adoption
Integration with Google services
Android is well-integrated with GoogleServices, which can unlock powerful cloud features and interact with the user google account.
Versatility
You can build apps for Phones, Watches, Tablets,TV's and even Smart home devices with the same code-base. This allows you to create apps for a whole ecosystem.
Open-source~
Android is open source, which can help to build trust in the platform.
Why not to choose Android development?
Fragmented ecosystem
Being the largest smartphone market has his drawbacks, and is that the testing of you apps has to be done with a wide range of devices, all with different specs. Which can lead to unexpected bugs and larger development time and debugging.
Lacking ecosystem
In my experience the Android Ecosystem is not that big when talking about libraries that solve issues.
Libraries for basic things
One of the things that I don't like about Android development is that for example to develop a jetpack compose app with basic navigation you need to add tons of Jetpack's libraries for: jetpack compose, navigation, material design, material design-compose all of them with different versions. In my opinion this should come with the Core library and it just adds more friction to build an app.
High Learning Curve
Android development can be complex. It will take time to become proficient in Android development and understand all the components of the platform
Constant deprecations
The Android ecosystem tends to have more breaking changes than iOS or the Web, which leads to constant refactors and OS checks.
Competitive market
By being the most accessible platform this leads to a more competitive environment as there's more people able to develop an app with a low entry brarrier.