Funny…when IF first came out all the Android users were screaming for its release. iOS updates came out first and you had them telling the Droid user to deal with it. Lots of arguments about iOS users more willing to spend their $ than Droid users and iOS being a more stable and uniform platform. And while all that may still be true, the gap isn’t as great as it was a couple years ago.
Fast forward to today and we have iOS users screaming for quicker updates…and I know, I’m one of them. I’ve had many Droid devices, a few cheap and nasty but the majority were high end devices. But in the end, they were all cheap and nasty. I’ve refused to go back to the platform for many years. And as much as its going to sting like throwing salt on a wound to see others outside of regions, it’s won’t hurt anywhere near as much as watching another mobile device heading for a brick wall at Mach 1.
If you fix bugs for the iOS version, you have to submit a new build to iTunes which needs to undergo the same reviewing process as the one you already submitted at the same time as Android. So Android would still get the bugfix update earlier.
I would say, release the two versions at the same time. That’s entirely possible since you can choose to manually hit the release button once reviewed.
My question is why? Why wait? I see no point. As an iOS user, I would much rather have a version clear of the major bugs, than a buggy version and having to wait even more for a new build to fix the bugs.
See where I’m going here? iOS is going to have to wait even longer for a stable version if we release at the same time.
Technology has improved a lot in pass year, both will be released at the same time, still its depend on Apple and Google to approve their apps to be released to public.
No, I’m saying send them to approval at the same time. Android will be live the fastest, because there is no human testing involved. Prior to iOS release, they would send in hotfixes (doesn’t delay the approval process as far as I know) from bugs Android users reported to both Android and iOS. This way, iOS and Android will get a stable release as soon as possible.
I’m not sure how strict Apple is with expedited reviews. Generally it’s only possible to add a hotfix to an already submitted build if it contains a critical bug. Critical is a vague term but you could explain it as that the app simply won’t even work/start up. Otherwise submitting an update/hotfix would simply be reviewed separately. But then again, maby Apple simply likes FDS their app and approve any expedited review. That, I don’t know.