IntroductionAndroid and iOS are underlying operating systems used in mobile technology. Android is a technology given by Google and iOS introduced by Apple. Both technologies have certain pros & cons. However Android being preferred by most manufacturers is the most popular smartphone platform. SimilaritiesAndroid and iOS are fairly similar considering the user interface. Interfaces give touching capabilities like tapping swiping etc. Android giving customization capability makes it more flexible than iOS, but iOS is user friendly. Similar status bars giving information like battery life, Wi-Fi, cell signals etc. while Android exploring more information like new messages, emails and reminders. Android ensures security by isolating apps from other resources of the system unless user gives the accessibility to the system resources. IOS ensures the security by reviewing apps and verifying the identity of publishers. DifferencesAndroid devices have more variety in shapes, prices and hardware proficiencies, whereas iOS is only available on Apple devices like iPhones and iPods. Android uses Chrome as its browser whereas iOS uses Safari. From app building and publishing point of view Android is enhanced than iOS since it is an open source i.e. anyone can download and make Android apps (free or paid) using freely available SDK and upload them on Google Play store. Google charges a one-time 25$ fee from developers who want to publish their apps while iOS developers pay 99$ yearly for using iOS SDK and publishing apps on Appleās App store. Programming languages used for Android development are C, C++ and java, whereas iOS apps are build-in Objective-C. ConclusionConcluding all this discussion both OS have their own set of values. But keeping in mind that Android is an open source, flexible, customizable and having variety in hardware devices, Android is lot more well than iOS.
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