Xcode vs android studio reddit

1. Both Android Studio and Xcode are free . It’s only when you want to deploy apps onto your iOS devices or distribute them in the App store that you have to pay Apple $99 a year. Android Studio has background compilation and will quickly highlight errors, while Xcode needs an explicit build stage.

As Xcode is only compatible with Mac OS , you cannot use other computers and operating systems.

Android Studio and Xcode are categorized as Application Development Platforms and Mobile Development Platforms . Android Studio has no unique categories. Xcode is categorized as C/C++ Integrated Development Environments (IDE), Mobile App Testing, Mobile App Debugging, and Java Integrated Development Environments (IDE)