09/08/2014
[Android vs. iOS]
It Really Pays To Be An iOS Developer, But There's Still Hope For Android
Apple iOS developers spend most of their time coding. Android developers? They use the bulk of their time testing and debugging their code, according to an Evans Data report.
This isn't because Android developers must compensate for poor code with increased QA, or that iOS developers are blasé about code quality. Rather, it's due to Android fragmentation, which forces developers to spend more time testing disparate hardware, a problem no other mobile platform has.
Making matters worse, iOS developers make more money, on average, than their Android peers.
What's an Android developer to do?
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/android-vs-ios-developers-2014-8
Apple's mobile OS is less fragmented than Android, but there's no reason iOS devs should have all the fun.