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I keep hearing this, but none of the cross platform apps I run use Flutter. It's all Electron and Qt. I don't think I've ever seen Flutter in the wild.
Or have you, and you just couldn't tell? (I personally don't know if it's this good, but it's plausible)
If you're looking for cross-platform on the desktop it really hasn't been a popular option vs. Electron/Qt.
Despite many maturity issues in practice Flutter is the only realistic option for true cross platform UIs that run everywhere. Apart from Qt , but the licensing issue is a hindrance. And yes, the web backend isn't ideal, but it will improve over time. I just wish Google had built Flutter on a low level core that isn't tied to Dart, so it would be usable from other languages. Dart isn't horrible and is getting better,…
I keep hearing this, but none of the cross platform apps I run use Flutter. It's all Electron and Qt. I don't think I've ever seen Flutter in the wild.
Despite many maturity issues in practice Flutter is the only realistic option for true cross platform UIs that run everywhere. Apart from Qt , but the licensing issue is a hindrance. And yes, the web backend isn't ideal, but it will improve over time. I just wish Google had built Flutter on a low level core that isn't tied to Dart, so it would be usable from other languages. Dart isn't horrible and is getting better,…
wtf.. Ionic/electron is the true cross platform, no debate. Flutter web is dog shit.
Google Flutter Team: You launched Flutter Desktop and got your promotions. Now can you please go back and finish Flutter Mobile? Specifically, please add: - Integration testing [0, 1] - Location [2] - iOS dark mode [3, 4] - iOS keyboard dismiss decoration [5] - iOS keyboard scroll-to-dismiss mode [6] - iOS NavigationLink widget [7] - iOS checkbox widget [7] - Android camera that doesn't randomly crash (unfixed for 3…
- Integration testing - This exists and is very commonly used: https://docs.flutter.dev/cookbook/testing/integration/introd...
- Location - This 100% should be a core offering, its crazy that its not for mobile application.
- iOS dark mode - Flutter supports Dark Mode - https://api.flutter.dev/flutter/material/ThemeMode.html
- iOS keyboard dismiss decoration - Not sure on this.
- iOS keyboard scroll-to-dismiss mode - This is trivial to setup, just listen on scroll and hide keyboard. You could even create a generic handler that can be reused everywhere for this.
- iOS NavigationLink widget - Not familiar with this construct but easy to build yourself.
- iOS checkbox widget - Totally agree but also easy to build directly.
- Android camera that doesn't randomly crash (unfixed for 3 years) - We've got a couple application that use camera and never had this issue.
- Android date-time picker - This has been in for a long time: https://api.flutter.dev/flutter/material/showDatePicker.html
- Usable documentation for Navigator 2.0 - I think the updated docs on navigation have addressed this issue largely.
- Debugger visibility into Dart async tasks - You can 100% debug async tasks.
- Stop HTTP requests on timeout - This exists in Flutter https://stackoverflow.com/a/51489701
- Testing on physical devices for apps that use flavors - We do this regularly across 5 different flavors on both iOS and Android.
- UI inspection tools that don't randomly stop working - Never had this happen.
Despite many maturity issues in practice Flutter is the only realistic option for true cross platform UIs that run everywhere. Apart from Qt , but the licensing issue is a hindrance. And yes, the web backend isn't ideal, but it will improve over time. I just wish Google had built Flutter on a low level core that isn't tied to Dart, so it would be usable from other languages. Dart isn't horrible and is getting better,…
I don't know the history, but wouldn't Kotlin be a saner approach? Better language and at least native to android.
Despite many maturity issues in practice Flutter is the only realistic option for true cross platform UIs that run everywhere. Apart from Qt , but the licensing issue is a hindrance. And yes, the web backend isn't ideal, but it will improve over time. I just wish Google had built Flutter on a low level core that isn't tied to Dart, so it would be usable from other languages. Dart isn't horrible and is getting better,…
> Flutter is the only realistic option for true cross platform UIs that run everywhere. Do you really want cross platform everywhere ? You might want it but what you inevitably get is something that is huge and just okay everywhere instead of something truly great anywhere. Is that a trade off you are happy with as a user? That said, I do happily use a couple of cross platform applications. PyCharm and SublimeText wh…
What are big and highly used apps that use Flutter?
Google Flutter Team: You launched Flutter Desktop and got your promotions. Now can you please go back and finish Flutter Mobile? Specifically, please add: - Integration testing [0, 1] - Location [2] - iOS dark mode [3, 4] - iOS keyboard dismiss decoration [5] - iOS keyboard scroll-to-dismiss mode [6] - iOS NavigationLink widget [7] - iOS checkbox widget [7] - Android camera that doesn't randomly crash (unfixed for 3…
How not to get what you want
Honestly I think browsers (desktop and mobile) will implement native apis faster than these things will implement native apis. TLDR: JavaScript and browser apis will win in the end.
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who builds desktop applications anymore? it feels weird to say but i am starting to like them again after transitioning to basically 100% thin client/cloud services for the past 15 years.
I’m confused, do you not use desktop apps?
Desktop GUI software is a pretty small niche. The web has eaten nearly everything, and games don't use native UI stuff.