{"id":3380,"date":"2016-12-20T12:11:46","date_gmt":"2016-12-20T12:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yeeply.com\/en\/blog\/?p=3380"},"modified":"2023-12-11T10:46:35","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T08:46:35","slug":"platforms-for-mobile-app-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yeeply.com\/en\/blog\/mobile-app-development\/platforms-for-mobile-app-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobile app development. On which platforms develop our project?"},"content":{"rendered":"

When envisaging the creation of a mobile application you may be wondering if there are more options besides Android and iOS mobile app development. The answer is straightforward: of course, you can develop your app for other operating systems if you want<\/strong>. But are you sure of whether you should do it or not? We’ll be discussing which software used for mobile application development you should be considering. And why must you be considering them when creating a mobile app<\/a>.
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Operating systems in 2016<\/h3>\n

It’s best to refer to the data available, as it illustrates the current state of the mobile market objectively. According to Statista, the distribution of devices by the operating system in 2015 follows the same trend as in 2014.<\/p>\n

This trend shows that \u2212 for instance \u2212 78% of mobile devices in Spain have Android as their operating system. iOS comes in the second position with 18% of the mobile market share. At the other end of the most used operating systems list and in the clear minority we come across Windows (which has only 3% of the market share) and Symbian (with 2%) \u2212 barely exceeding jointly 5% of the market share.<\/p>\n

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Analysing global data draws similar conclusions. According to a worldwide study on the operating systems of mobile devices carried out by Statista, it’s estimated that 1.808 million devices are currently running on Android. iOS comes in second, with 463 million devices; and third comes Windows Phone, with approximately 45 million mobile devices. Only 19 million runs on Blackberry’s OS \u2212 which we could already consider as a forsaken OS \u2212 and 31 million devices are running on other minority operating systems.<\/p>\n

Against this background, we can see that Android and iOS together encompass over 90% of the mobile market and are luring, as a result, most of the current mobile app development.<\/p>\n

Android and iOS app development<\/h2>\n

As we have just been discussing, Android currently grasps the biggest market share. It’s a very widely used operating system, especially in Spain. This is largely due to the wide variety of low-cost devices available on the market that run on this OS.<\/p>\n

However, on a global scale, there are countries like Japan where iOS’ market share exceeds that of Android. Or countries as the US, the UK or Australia, where Android and iOS are more or less evenly distributed over the mobile market.<\/p>\n

In either case, the kind of app development you’re considering will always depend on the target audience you are going to address. And yes, Android and iOS are an unbeatable duo; if you create apps for these two operating systems you’ll be covering a great extent of the mobile market.<\/p>\n

And what about developing apps for Windows Phone?<\/h3>\n

So, what about Windows Phone? Well, it’s best to forget about it. Our advice is to give priority to Android and iOS app development over Windows Phone \u2212 despite the latter being the third most important OS.<\/p>\n

According to data coming from Kantar Worldpanel, only a couple of countries like France and Italy seem to show a little more interest in Windows Phone devices. Still, it’s always more profitable to take advantage of the current situation and put your eggs in the ‘basket’ of those operating systems that enjoy a higher market share.<\/p>\n

Developing apps for minority operating systems is something that’s better to leave for later on. Once we’ve established ourselves in the Android and iOS markets we can start thinking about offering our app for Windows Phone, Symbian or Blackberry depending on our users’ requests.<\/p>\n