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I shudder to think how many people will read this headline and immediately takeaway that React Native/Flutter/Electron are terrible cross platform solutions.
I've been considering building a pwa and using a webview as a pseudo native app I know iOS support isn't great but it seems to be improving and iOS push notifications could be built separately in the meantime. How's anyone tried this approach?
I'm somewhat disappointed that this didn't work out, as I have usually promoted a C++ core along with a thin native wrapper as the solution for those looking to share code across platforms. At least they moved to native development, though, instead of some poor facsimile that was "easier"…
Curious about how well having that C++ core to share code has worked out for you in the past. Apart from low-level contained code that doesn't require access to too many OS interfaces (user I/O, network, threading, GPS etc) I can't imagine it would be easy or useful to have a C++ core.
I have come to this same conclusion after many years. It's not cost-effective to have any bespoke business logic (models, controllers, etc.) shared between the two mobile platforms (don't get me started on sharing UI code). If you have some incredibly tricky low-level algorithm/library and/or need for speed, think database, crypto, intense graphics, etc., then fine, you may be able to swing a shared module in C++ or…
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Curious about how well having that C++ core to share code has worked out for you in the past. Apart from low-level contained code that doesn't require access to too many OS interfaces (user I/O, network, threading, GPS etc) I can't imagine it would be easy or useful to have a C++ core.
Usually C++ runs core logic that cannot go on the server (that's things like your own custom client-side crypto, parsing, or other "pure computation") and then you make the user interface in Swift or Java depending on your platform.
It's funny that they have a hard time hiring experienced senior C++ devs even though the language has been around so long. Presumably it would have been easier to find someone really good at something newer like, say, Vue.
I wonder if that is a symptom of C++ having many recent revisions, thereby influencing, misleadingly, the definition of "experienced".
TLDR - it's too hard to find senior C++ mobile devs. I'm more intrigued by AirBNB moving away from React Native - the linked article says "RN was too small a component to bother supporting, and the developer experience wasn't up to par", but I'd like more detail than that. I've been working with Flutter for the past 6 months, and it would definitely be my "go-to" for any mobile application. To be fair, I did spend 2…
It baffles me that people think duplicating application code for every device is the way to go. Cross platform can be done correctly. I'm working on a stack that can natively target Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS, MacOS, and Web. I couldn't imagine duplicating my code for each one of these devices. If something special needs to be done, I write an extension. I have a feeling posts like these get upvoted because de…
I took this as an argument for a thin, or at least thinner, client. If something is complicated and costly to maintain - shouldn't it move to the server? What complicated processes are you doing on-device that couldn't be done somewhere else & fronted by an API?