Apps Should I learn iOS along with Android?

[rabotavladoz]

Wasn't sure if this question should be in the general section or in Android Development. If that is the case move this topic there.

I have Android certificate from a local educational center and I could possibly develop demo applications to show it when I apply for a job as Android programmer.

According to your development experience as mobile developer, is it necessary to know iOS programming with Objective C in order to get a job as Android programmer?

Because I cannot afford to learn iOS at the moment. Would like to get at least part of my investment back.

 

[mikedt]

Wasn't sure if this question should be in the general section or in Android Development. If that is the case move this topic there.

I have Android certificate from a local educational center and I could possibly develop demo applications to show it when I apply for a job as Android programmer.

According to your development experience as mobile developer, is it necessary to know iOS programming with Objective C in order to get a job as Android programmer?

Because I cannot afford to learn iOS at the moment. Would like to get at least part of my investment back.

Well I know for iOS development you need a Mac, which can be expensive. And I believe Android development is done in Java. Isn't Objective C an Apple thing? However I'm not a dev.

 

[scary alien]

Necessary? No.

Helpful? Probably--simply to make you a more well-rounded developer. But it would also take away from your time and focus of learning Android development which is more than enough to keep one's plate full.

I'll go-ahead and move this thread to our App Development area for you.

Cheers and best of luck!

 

[Deleted User]

I agree with what's been said above. But if you wish to improve your attractiveness for mobile application development jobs, then certainly having expertise in both of these development spheres will make you stand out.
I would focus on Android though, as it's a bigger potential market. Would be interesting to research the jobs available for both platforms, I don't have those figures to hand.

And Objective-C is obsolete AFAIK. Apple introduced a new language variant in 2014 called Swift. Although I have no experience of this, so don't know how it compares to Objective-C.

 

[RashidS45]

It is not necessary to learn iOS along with Android but it’s good if you can learn this two basic technologies. While it’s too difficult to focus on both at the same time but if you really want to achieve higher success in less time than you can definitely do it. Choosing this two at the same time can be very costly for you.

 

[rabotavladoz]

My teacher was telling me that a mobile developer should know both, but now I see, he was just lurking me to pay for the iOS course as well
More money out of my pocket, in return toilet paper with my name written on it.

 

[Deleted User]

I often wonder why people pay for courses on these things. The development software is free, and there's a wealth of useful information on the web, and books. More than enough to teach yourself. And yeah, these certs often aren't worth the paper they're written on. Even my Oracle Java certification is almost universally disregarded by employers. I don't see any job specs requiring this qualification.
Although if you have no previous practical experience on the job, I could see that it might be a way to gain a foothold in the job market.

 

[rabotavladoz]

Well I couldn't find my way trough the chaos of the milions of programming technologies, libraries, toolkits, frameworks, so I thought, a programming course could help me a bit. Yes I now understand what is what but in the end the certificate is not even worth an internship job.

If I could find internship job with Android. But I doubt somebody would like to train me...

The local companies just want seniors...

 

[Deleted User]

My teacher was telling me that a mobile developer should know both, but now I see, he was just lurking me to pay for the iOS course as well
More money out of my pocket, in return toilet paper with my name written on it.

Probably
It's quite possible to make a career out of specialising in either area of development. But think about it from an employer's point of view. They probably need a version of their app that can run on both platforms. If you can provide skills in both, then you're potentially saving them from hiring another person. Why wouldn't they give you the job? That's not to say it's easy to be an expert in both, it could take you a lot of time to build up the knowledge. The skills aren't really transferable because the development frameworks are so different.