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Lightroom Mobile for Android Users?

Forum|Forum|11 years ago
April 8, 2014
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Hey there,

I'm curious as to whether or not the app will be ported to Android. Adobe say that the iPhone app is coming soon but never mentions Android.

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Allan Zeiba

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I understand that Adobe prioritize iOS over Android development, less variables and provably his target audience use more iproducts than android devices, the one thing that I don't understand is why they don't talk about it, in the presentation of the CC 2014 the talk was center in the multi-content and multi-platform requirements for today, but you lack to show any advances, previews or even mention the other's platforms in the game, we need to see Android clearly represent and care, I can wait for the android apps to be develop, if I knew they are coming, but there is simple no info about it, that's the one thing that bothers me a lot

Keith Reeder

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Allan Zeiba wrote:

the one thing that I don't understand is why they don't talk about it

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hansswolfs

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wether iOS or Android should be the first I'll keep in the middle (Windows & Android user here) but what I find even more stunning is that when the iPad version is available, they'll focus first on an iPhone version????? who is ever going to use LR mobile on a mobile phone honestly?

In the end the Android version will come but honestly today I'm not missing LR Mobile on my Android tablet and not sure if it will ever replace my Windows 8 Asus Zenbook with Adobe CC installed on it for work on the road...

So just be patient and all will be well people...

john beardsworth

Community Expert

People take a lot of photos with iPhones, and will want to adjust and share them from the phone.

LrM is also not just about adjusting, and I feel I use it much more for just having lots of pictures handy for showing people, which you can do on a phone too. You've also got to consider what Lightroom users are using as their mobile platform - 60% iPads, 20% iPhones, and the Galaxy is the top Android device at 3%. That explains why it's iPads first, then iPhones.

John

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hansswolfs

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no offense but the Galaxy is a device, not a platform... ipads all run the same version of iOS so basically that's a platform. That's comparing apples with lemons

anyway, I don't want to make this the 7 gazillionth Apple cs Android discussion; let that be clear

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Tom Hogarty

Adobe Employee

Sorry if this information wasn't readily available but we're releasing iPad first, then targeting the iPhone then the Android platform. Android is most certainly on our roadmap but we're not quite ready to commit to the time frame yet.

Regards,

Tom

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BobZ30

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I understand, again, that you do one platform first. What I don't understand, and have never had explained to me, why the Apple devices always come first,

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Tom Hogarty

Adobe Employee

Sorry about the delayed response as the forums were offline yesterday. As to why iOS first, it's simply a matter of popularity in the market we're targeting for Lightroom mobile. There are many more customers using iOS in the Lightroom target market than Android. (We measure through quantatitive market research)

Regards,

Tom Hogarty

Adobe Systems

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BobZ30

Known Participant

I am also curious about this. Android tablets far outsell iPads. I realize that a majority of creative types stick to their pretty Apple devices, but that shouldn't be a reason to ignore a great many people. I notice that nobody from Adobe has replied to your questions. I asked the same question on the Lightroom Journal and nobody had the courtest to reply there either. Oh, well.

Geoff the kiwi

Community Expert

This is v1.0 and it is easiest to work with one platform, others will be added as soon as possible.

Timothy.Spear

Inspiring

The reason why iOS is the preferred OS for an initial roll-out is pure technical, not market driven. The Apple devices are a much more controlled environment than Android devices. There are only so many Apple versions so its much easier to get your applicaton stable on a small set of devices with minimal hardware differences. Once you go Android you have to cater for an almost unlimited number of hardware configurations of various producers. If you have a stable release on iOS you can safely assume that any issues on Android are hardware related, not application code related. Even when they started simultaniously on both platforms it would be logical to have a stable release ready for iOS first.

Nevertheless I'm also eagerly awaiting the Android release. Even though its a free feature I have the feeling that I have less value for money than iOS users. Would be nice if they could state a target date.

Why do you say it is a purely technical reason?

I have done some development for both iOS and Android. Android for normal business apps (which is what I was developing) is significantly easier. iOS has many funky quirks, and the code library is not as well organized to my mind. (I could be biased here, I am a Java developer and Android development is basically Java).

Tim

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