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'I found some potential problems in my app, fixed them and posted an update'

'Of course this was a time when Apple approved an update fast and it went out before I could test and I had not fixed all the issues.'

'I must have fumbled in the SVN check in.'

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So initially there were problems with the code and afterwards with his development process.

I fail to see what this got to do with iPhone vs. Android. It could have happened with both platforms.

His point is that Android made it easy to test multiple platforms, and Apple did not.

When you say "multiple" and "easy" what exactly is the implication there? Worrying about 5-6 revisions of an API or 30-70 variances of the same problem on multiple pieces of hardware with multiple variances of platform debauchery forced upon you by a given mobile carrier?

It just isn't possible to make the case that this aspect of android doesn't make things harder and still retain any semblance of honesty or credibility.

Read the Android developer docs. API Levels document especially. Also play around with the emulator and that will clear up your misconceptions. It isn't hard at all unless you want to convince yourself that it is ;)

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