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I was an Android developer, then flipped to being an iOS & Android developer. I chose to go back to solely Android for similar reasons to the OP. It felt like it was impossible to be excellent on both platforms. I was struggling to keep up with the pace of change.

I ended up choosing Android because I found more demand for Android developers in the market. I certainly understand some of the OP's frustration with Android development.

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Oversaturation of iOS devs. Many people chasing the perceived glamour, diluting each other's pie.

There's a lot of silver lining to doing android development for other people. Inflated demand, and all the client side - server side fires have already been put out when the company did the iOS project. So I would say, easier or less stressful.

But I've been at this for a while, so there's the possibility I'm just good at it.

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