Porting iPhone applications to Android? How to convince them NOT to

Question

I am a contracted Android developer, and I hate when people ask me to recreate the same \"look and feel\" that an iPhone application has on Android.

How can I convince t

Answer 1

I think people that will ask you this question think that having the same look and feel for different platforms will unify the experience. To that I think the best answer would be that most android users do not use an iPhone and are therefor not used to this look and feel and also don't care if the app looks the same on iOS, as they never use it. And then you could find some apps that showcase the possibilities of the android framework very well and maybe also take advantages of features not available on iOS. And when you have a bunch of apps (Googles own apps are usually quite good already, e.g. maps) that have a similar look and feel with similar UX paradigms they might get your point.