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Android

Posted by Michel kiki
Michel kiki
43 Points

What if I did an android app but then I want to make it on ios also, I will have to redo everything??

Hello, What if I did an android app but then I want to make it on Ios also, I will have to redo everything??, or there is a fast solution? Quick answer please, Thanks

2 Answers

Jacob Bergdahl
Jacob Bergdahl
29,119 Points

As Seth said, yes, if you code natively, you will, but there may be back-ends that you can reuse and you can indeed use a cross-platform service such as Xamarin, which allows you to write for Android, iOS and Windows Phone with one set of code, aside from the UI code which must be implemented for each platform.

Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,416 Points
Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,416 Points

Android and iOS use different programming languages as their primary language (Java and Swift/Objective-C respectively). Also the two OS's have their own ways of handling screen layout, user interaction, and app structure. So, yes you would need to rewrite the application to port it from one to the other. There are some frameworks that allow you to make cross-platform apps, such as Xamarin with C#, but I'm not too familiar with those.