You'd think. My experience is that its not so exactly like that. Our first version of our app on Android WAS a visual port of iOS. It was not liked. OK, fine, so we redesigned it from scratch for ICS/Holo. Now today our #1 request from users is for it to be more like iOS.
So we we are doing a hybrid approach. We are still going to use holo, but we're going to make it more iOS-ish. Just try to mix the best of both.
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Some would argue that many Android apps suck because they seem like they were ported from iOS instead of designed specifically for android/holo, and retain elements that are generally frowned upon in the android world, such as hard-coded sharing providers, static splash screens, on-screen back buttons, etc. See for example (http://www.geek.com/mobile/ios-app-ports-guarantee-androids-future-in-second-place-1480565/) and (http://blog.iangclifton.com/2013/03/30/the-negative-impact-of-ios-on-android/).
You'd think. My experience is that its not so exactly like that. Our first version of our app on Android WAS a visual port of iOS. It was not liked. OK, fine, so we redesigned it from scratch for ICS/Holo. Now today our #1 request from users is for it to be more like iOS.
So we we are doing a hybrid approach. We are still going to use holo, but we're going to make it more iOS-ish. Just try to mix the best of both.