iPhone and iPad continue grabbing most developer attention, but cross-platform development is also booming
Developer preferences placed the iPhone first with 89% of devs interested in working on apps for it, and the iPad was a close second with 86%.
What is interesting is that the Google Nexus devices are mentioned as a whole separate category that alone has gotten 54% of developers interested and that shows how big of a contribution the Nexus program has to the ecosystem.
What’s most important, though, seems to be a cross-platform development trend (with obviously the focus being on two platforms, iOS and Android). 88.4% of developers said they would be working on two or more platforms in 2013, while in the previous quarter that number stood at merely 68.9%. A huge change in attitude, but a great one for users.
We for once, writing our monthly app round-ups, have seen virtually every month, essential apps getting ported to a second platform, most often iOS apps coming to Android, but also the other way around.
source: TechCrunch
source: TechCrunch
