Comparatif des principaux SDK du marché dont Android
Engadget vient de publier un comparatif des principaux SDK du marché, à savoir l'Apple iPhone SDK, la Toolchain permettant de développer des applications iPhone compatibles Jailbreaker, Windows Mobile, S60 (Symbian), et bien évidemment Android.
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Apple iPhone SDK Toolchain Windows Mobile S60 Android Cost Free Free Free; could be more depending on tools used Free; could be more depending on tools used Free Wide-scale app availability June Now Now Now Depends on device availability Native development Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Languages suppoted for native development Objective-C Objective-C C++, C#, VB.NET C++ Java Digital certificates Required for distribution No Available, required for some phones Available, required for some phones No Retail support Full; 30 percent Apple revenue share; free apps allowable No Limited Limited No, but Android Developer Challenge offers money and publicity Platform maturity Immature Immature Mature Mature Immature First-party support Yes No Yes Yes Yes Community support Just getting started! Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent App installation method Direct (App Store), iTunes Installer.app, custom Direct, ActiveSync Direct, PC Suite Unknown; installation on emulator is not reflective of production devices Emulator available Yes No Yes Yes Yes Remote debugging Yes No Yes Yes Yes Target device variety Poor Poor Excellent Good Poor (that will change, though) Touchscreen support Multi-touch Multi-touch Single touch Umm... soon? Single touch App availability and variety Poor (that will change, though) Good Excellent Excellent Poor (that will change, though) Underlying architecture Cocoa Touch / Mac OS X Mac OS X Windows Symbian Linux Flash availability No No Yes Yes No Java availability No In development Yes Yes Yes