I'll only believe this is worth my time if: a.) Google fixes Flutter Web and all of its idiosyncrasies b.) Google removes the jank in iOS apps.
[deleted]
Flutter 2
11–20 of 780 posts
Re: Flutter 2
#12So how does it run natively on desktop? Is it like electron? Can't tell from the linux example
Re: Flutter 2
#13I long for the day when software development steps out of its infancy and we have one programming language that targets all platforms and frameworks.
Kotlin is pretty great - so you're in this situation where you can either learn Flutter or JavaScript - at least with JavaScript you can also target the web (I'm aware that Flutter 2 also can target the web, but it's not the same thing).
edit: I must clarify - I'm not saying software development must necessarily have only one language, but rather that there exists a single language that can target all environments natively. C was close, but then the web and mobile happened. Java was also close, but no dice. We're getting there, I think.
Re: Flutter 2
#14Last time I tested a Flutter-built app on an iPhone X (perhaps a year ago) there was still obvious jank in transitions/animations. I assume most of the showcases mentioned here (WeChat, Grab, Yandex Go, Nubank, Sonos, Fastic, Betterment and realtor.com) are Flutter-based on Android only? Is there a well-built Flutter-based iOS app without jank now?
(googler, opinion is my own).
The (new) google Pay app on iOS[0] and Android[1] are flutter based. I'm on Android, so I don't know it's behavior on iOS.
[0] https://apps.apple.com/us/app/google-pay-save-pay-manage/id1...
[1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.and...
Re: Flutter 2
#15Well, with flutter they did what every other "supposed" "modern" languages failed to provide (rust, swift, kotlin, go)
A modern UI, crossplatform, AOT compiler UI toolkit, that includes phones, web, and desktop
Not even dotnet could achieve this
Even if i'm not interested in that kind of development, let's hope people pick this instead of the atrocity that is electron
Re: Flutter 2
#16Last time I tested a Flutter-built app on an iPhone X (perhaps a year ago) there was still obvious jank in transitions/animations. I assume most of the showcases mentioned here (WeChat, Grab, Yandex Go, Nubank, Sonos, Fastic, Betterment and realtor.com) are Flutter-based on Android only? Is there a well-built Flutter-based iOS app without jank now?
(googler, opinion is my own). The (new) google Pay app on iOS[0] and Android[1] are flutter based. I'm on Android, so I don't know it's behavior on iOS. [0] https://apps.apple.com/us/app/google-pay-save-pay-manage/id1... [1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.and...
[deleted]
Re: Flutter 2
#17So how does it run natively on desktop? Is it like electron? Can't tell from the linux example
Not like electron at all. It compiles down to a native binary for the OS.
Re: Flutter 2
#18Last time I tested a Flutter-built app on an iPhone X (perhaps a year ago) there was still obvious jank in transitions/animations. I assume most of the showcases mentioned here (WeChat, Grab, Yandex Go, Nubank, Sonos, Fastic, Betterment and realtor.com) are Flutter-based on Android only? Is there a well-built Flutter-based iOS app without jank now?
Disclosure: I'm on the Flutter team.
According to AppAnnie, most of these are using Flutter on iOS too: WeChat, Alibaba, Grab, Nubank, Sonos all show up on their list of Flutter-powered apps on the Apple appstore. We don't capture analytics on apps, so our sources here are external sites like AppAnnie (or occasionally, direct connections with the development team).
Re: Flutter 2
#19I long for the day when software development steps out of its infancy and we have one programming language that targets all platforms and frameworks. Kotlin is pretty great - so you're in this situation where you can either learn Flutter or JavaScript - at least with JavaScript you can also target the web (I'm aware that Flutter 2 also can target the web, but it's not the same thing). edit: I must clarify - I'm not s…
[deleted]
Re: Flutter 2
#20Last time I tested a Flutter-built app on an iPhone X (perhaps a year ago) there was still obvious jank in transitions/animations. I assume most of the showcases mentioned here (WeChat, Grab, Yandex Go, Nubank, Sonos, Fastic, Betterment and realtor.com) are Flutter-based on Android only? Is there a well-built Flutter-based iOS app without jank now?
(googler, opinion is my own). The (new) google Pay app on iOS[0] and Android[1] are flutter based. I'm on Android, so I don't know it's behavior on iOS. [0] https://apps.apple.com/us/app/google-pay-save-pay-manage/id1... [1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.and...
Google Pay on the iPhone XS had so much jank and UI lag when I last used it a month ago.