How to copy your iPhone contacts to Android

It was probably expected. Following last week's events Interest in Android has grown considerably in my friend's household, and as I usually have a backup android phone , I was asked if I could loan it for a few days, "Just to  get the feel of it". 

What can one do, as nowadays, without your contact list, your phone is not far from being a strange appliance? So, I was asked to assist in copying the contacts list, and was surprised by how unintuitive it turned out to be. My difficulty probably stems out of being an Android user, My experience with Apple devices is limited to occasional peeks. It was surprising to see how Apple's export is different from Google's, to the extent that I thought a How-To guide may save troubles if I am required to do this again. And who knows? maybe others find this helpful as well... 

So, here are the steps, in a nutshell, but with a little extra-details for an Apple-Ecosystem-user making first steps in the realm of Android. 

Short intro: 

Android devices revolve around a Google Account. So, if you don't have one - you need to register. It is possible to have several Google Accounts on the same device, so it is your decision if to create a specific account for that device (safer), or have all of your devices use the same account (more convenient, as everything you agree to, will be shared across all of your devices).

The steps for exporting contacts from iCloud and importing them into Google : 

1. You can either create the account from the mobile device, or having an existing google account, go to your Android settings and add it there. 
2. Go to iCloud. Login. 
3. Choose Contacts
4. Choose "All Contacts" 
5. click the little cog-wheel on the lower-left corner 
6. Select All
7. Export Vcard 
8. enter the name and perform the export. 
9. Go to Google contacts. If necessary, Login. 
10. Open the side bar menu by clicking on the Hamburger button (three horizontal parallel lines)
11. Click Import on the side-bar menu 
12. Navigate to the Vcard file you created earlier. 
13. Import.
14. Now wait till your devices syncs. 

Nothing too complicated. But one would have expected to have something easier by now (which there might be, but I did not see in my rather quick search).