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It mentions it's for mobile design and talks in general terms, but I'm getting a sense it's limited to just iOS? Is there support for Android?

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Just tried Sketch 3: in some ways it is now even more iOS centric (now has iOS templates out of the box), but the multiple (export) resolution support is a major improvement for Android (previously it just offered 1x, 2x which was completely useless for Android).

I've used Sketch 2 a lot for Android work; it is fantastic and I highly recommend it, though I wish they would give first class support to Android. However, I imagine the developers have to worry about how Apple might react (maybe less likely to get featured etc).

The mobile design you do in Sketch is of course not limited to any platform. However, I think you're refering to the companion app Sketch Mirror [1] that shows live changes to your design on your phone; that one is iOS only.

[1] http://bohemiancoding.com/sketch/features/#mirror

I wasn't referring to Sketch Mirror, but Sketch itself. But thanks for the clarification. It just seemed very iOS centric, and while I understood Mirror was a specific feature itself, it reinforced the notion of iOS only. But thanks for clarifying. I'm glad I asked.

Sketch Mirror, the app that let's you mirror the contents from Sketch (Mac) is iOS only, so in that sense you're limited to Apple devices. However, you can use Sketch to design anything from apps (desktop, mobile, web), websites to PDFs to PPT presentations.

It's just drawing software, you can use it to design whatever you like. But it does happen to come with some useful presets for iOS app design

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