Ask HN: Recommended way to develop Android apps in 2018?

Posted by ziont on Monday December 24, 2018 @06:58PM
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Has there been any changes since Android Studio? Is this the go to IDE?

I used Eclipse back in 2012 but haven't touched Android development since. I have vague memories of Android Activity Lifecycle so I just finished watching a video on that.

edit: Just discovered Kotlin....wow I can't go back to Java after this!

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Re:Ask HN: Recommended way to develop Android apps in 2018? by plahteenlahti on Monday December 24, 2018 @07:11PM (#18755020)

Flutter is worth looking into, and is currently being pushed quite a lot by Google as well. Key benefit over Android development with Kotlin or Java is the possibility using the same codebase for both iOS and android apps.

I’ve tried Flutter a little and personally still favour React native over it, mostly because of my web design and development background. However a lot of my colleagues and friends are leaning heavily towards Flutter in their projects because of its better developer experience.

https://flutter.io

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Re:Ask HN: Recommended way to develop Android apps in 2018? by ziont on Monday December 24, 2018 @07:42PM (#18755120)

WOW! I'm gonna give Flutter a try.

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Re:Ask HN: Recommended way to develop Android apps in 2018? by ankyth27 on Tuesday December 25, 2018 @01:51AM (#18756319)

React Native. It's great to go for simple to medium complexity apps. Flutter could be another closer choice because it appears to be more Dev friendly and android's ownership of Google. React will help you share large amount of code and concepts within web, iOS and android.

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Re:Ask HN: Recommended way to develop Android apps in 2018? by NicoJuicy on Monday December 24, 2018 @07:05PM (#18754994)

Also, flutter

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