Ask a Dev: What's the Difference Between Developing for Android and iOS?

Following this week's launch of Apple's iOS 7, we saw plenty of new developments in iPhone applications

With so much talk about apps, we wondered what it takes to develop for various platforms. The latest video in our Ask a Dev series looks at the differences between developing for iPhone and Android

In the video, above, Android Engineer Tom Yu explains that the platforms handle navigation differently. He notes that an Android app shouldn't feel like an iOS app, and vice versa.

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