Fragmentation of the Android platform is being blamed for a decline in developer enthusiasm for the mobile OS, but the real fragmentation challenge for app developers is a much broader issue than just Android.

Granted, there are some fragmentation hurdles that seem to be unique to Android. Compared with other mobile platforms–especially Apple’s iOS–the diversity of hardware capabilities and form factors, and the variety of flavors of Android currently in use can make it more complex to develop and test apps for Android.