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iOS Swift Basics (retired) Variables and Constants Xcode

Posted by Prithvee Raj
Prithvee Raj
Courses Plus Student 145 Points

Can swift only be used for iOS development?

Can you use Swift for android development too?

4 Answers

Tom Bedford
Tom Bedford
15,645 Points

Hi Prithvee, you can only use Swift to code Mac and iOS apps. It was created by Apple for coding apps for their platforms.

Many programming languages have overlapping concepts so learning any language will help you understand some of the behaviour of others even if the exact syntax is different.

Felix Salazar
Felix Salazar
3,879 Points
Felix Salazar
Felix Salazar
3,879 Points

Simply, no.

MUZ140104 Tendai Handina
MUZ140104 Tendai Handina
3,741 Points
MUZ140104 Tendai Handina
MUZ140104 Tendai Handina
3,741 Points

No ,done by apple for their products and platforms only.....

James Dale
James Dale
3,412 Points
James Dale
James Dale
3,412 Points

No, the language was only designed for iOS and Mac but there is something called 'Silver' which let's you use it on Andriod and Windows, take a look here. http://www.elementscompiler.com/elements/silver/default.aspx

Hope this helped :)