if i am a native android-only developer and not a hybrid app developer for both android and ios, is it possible for my app(s) to generate enough money? by enough i mean a lot. A lot of money

what is the proportion of people who use android and ios? who uses what os more?

Android holds over 3 quarters of the mobile market world wide, last I looked.

But that's because of countries like India and China, as well as third world countries.

In the U.S and Europe, iOS has a much more dominant presence, and in the U.S specifically iOS is probably more widespread than Android.

In the U.S and Europe, people are a lot more likely to spend money on apps, specifically people with iOS.

So iOS developers end up making a lot more money, or at least generating a lot more *direct* value for a company.

But world-wide usage numbers favor Android, so things like ads might be worth more on Android.

The chinese market for android apps skews any results.

There's no play store. If you want to release an app there, be prepared to deal with all of their telecom companies.

Example, tencent takes your apk, injects their own shit into it to comply with chinese law. They also require that you include some compiled libaries that you can't see the source of for "reasons" (they won't tell you)

So, don't include them :D

@D--M I'm not a fan of what China does, but they're still a driving force in the global economy, soon to overtake the U.S (in GDP).
Not including them because they're authoritarian would be disingenuous IMO.

@Nevoic
It is an absolute nightmare to release anything in china. The dev time needed vastly outweighs any gain you make from the chinese market.

I know, because I've done it.

@D--M holy shit. Well someone better write Blizzard, Riot Games, Microsoft etc. and let them know that they're all wasting their time devoting resources to appeasing the Chinese Government.

Because you did it once and figured out it wasn't worth it.

x)

@Nevoic those are all big ass companies.

I assuming the OP is newbie dev who has never published an app before.