Flutter – A mobile app SDK for iOS and Android

Re:Flutter – A mobile app SDK for iOS and Android by utku_karatas2 on Saturday August 19, 2017 @10:59AM (#15053730)

> To me, this is a little weird. One of the downsides of Webview based apps is that it's harder to align with the native OS look and feel.

I'd agree with that in 2014 but this has been much less of a problem since the last few years. The fast pace of mobile OS's have slowed down to a halt. IOS has pretty much the same looks since version 7, Android since version 5.

The metro/material/flat design fashion has been the best thing for cross platforms apps, be it desktop or mobile, any platform or any framework.

Flutter seems to be at the right place at the right time.

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Re:Flutter – A mobile app SDK for iOS and Android by PascalW on Saturday August 19, 2017 @01:06PM (#15054405)

I didn't say it can not be done, but it is just harder.

I develop a lot of cross platform apps using Cordova. While this works pretty well, and indeed in recent years support for this is only becoming better, it remains that Webview based apps always feel just a tad off.

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Re:Flutter – A mobile app SDK for iOS and Android by LeoNatan25 on Saturday August 19, 2017 @11:33AM (#15053935)

> IOS has pretty much the same looks since version 7

This can only be said by someone with a very little attention to details. There are constant changes to how the OS looks.

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Re:Flutter – A mobile app SDK for iOS and Android by coldtea on Saturday August 19, 2017 @12:42PM (#15054273)

"Pretty much" already allows for it changing in "details".

So the parent is right.

And judging from the kind of non-native look apps that are nonetheless immensely popular in the app store, few care that much anyway.

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