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Old 10-18-2013, 02:57 AM   #24
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Originally Posted by PatNY View Post
I do understand how compatibility with existing apps is always a concern. Apple's iOS can't scale to different screen sizes the way Android can. So every new screen size requires their developers to jump through hoops. That is a limitation of iOS which holds them back on the hardware front. But that is their fault.
That's not really true. iOS supports autolayout, which allows interfaces to adapt to different screen sizes. The fact is, though, that a single interface which just automatically adapts to screen size is rarely optimal for all those sizes. With iOS the number of screen sizes to support is sufficiently small that it's feasible for a developer to design a separate, optimal, UI for each size. With Android that's not generally the case.

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