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I have made apps for iPhone, but want to also code for the Android but want to know if it is first worth my time, second worth my having to learn another language, and third worth the effort in the sense that am I going to make a profit from this. Also if in any way Android code is similar, then will it be hard to bring the iOS (Xcode) files, or copy and paste my iOS code into the Android code.
It’s a most definite no. As iPhone Guy pointed out, there’s a major difference in the languages both platforms require. iPhone uses Objective-C whereas the Android is based on Java (don’t know if it’s Mobile Edition or “regular” though). In addition, it’s a completely different set of APIs. iPhone uses a modified form of Cocoa called Cocoa Touch whereas the Android makes uses of Google’s SDK for it. In answer to your question, you won’t be able to copy/paste your code between the languages. Your Objective-C code won’t compile to Java and vice versa.