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Re: Flutter's Janky Animations Problem

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Post by vijaybritto » Thu, Mar 04, 2021, 12:59 PM UTC

poisonborz wrote: post #6

He wants to review Flutter performance... in debug mode.

I dont think the problem is untrue. There are countless issues in github about this and its true Google has been handling this very bad.

I have a belief that all of Google's projects are only for a short amount of time. They always move on to the next cool thing and leave out good products/software to die. I don't understand how this is accepted in the company. I guess they are not interesting in anything other than trendsetting?!

Re: Flutter's Janky Animations Problem

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Post by spatulon » Thu, Mar 04, 2021, 1:05 PM UTC

When I was first in the market for a smartphone, circa 2009, the iPhone's smooth animations were a large factor in my decision of which one to buy.

Back then, the Android phones I looked at couldn't scroll a simple web page without stuttering, and it was incredibly jarring. It completely broke the illusion that you were interacting with and directly controlling a physical object.

Re: Flutter's Janky Animations Problem

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Mar 04, 2021, 2:20 PM UTC

nullifidian wrote: post #2

Probably trivially solvable by a progress bar for the iOS platform. Also, this video was made before the Flutter 2 release, so it possible that it's no longer relevant.

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Re: Flutter's Janky Animations Problem

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Post by karmakaze » Thu, Mar 04, 2021, 5:10 PM UTC

cuddlecake wrote: post #3

Oh no, I thought I finally got rid of recommendations for content by TechLead, and now I accidentally clicked on this. Does TechLead produce anything other than shallow content with Clickbait Titles and promotion for his Tech Interview lessons?

Oh yeah, that guy. 'I didn't get into the companies that I applied to, here's some content...'

Say what we will, but he's gained a recognizable infamy.

Re: Flutter's Janky Animations Problem

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Post by cosmotic » Thu, Mar 04, 2021, 7:05 PM UTC

As a UI framework, jank totally breaks the core purpose of the framework. All the people complaining about this issue have a good point.

However, to me, this seems like what people should have been expecting when picking up a cross platform framework. Want free cross platform? You're going to have to accept these sorts of bugs.