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Re:Flutter 3 by msoad on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @05:06PM (#31345767)
What are big and highly used apps that use Flutter?
Re:Flutter 3 by davidkuennen on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @06:10PM (#31346528)
My app[1] has 5 figure daily users (if that's considered somewhat big) and is written in Flutter.

I love Flutter. It made all this so much easier.

[1] https://stockevents.app

Re:Flutter 3 by SebastianKra on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @09:24PM (#31348090)
This is really nice for testing. It uses most of the pretend-native components I was interested in.

Right off the bat, I notice stuttering animations everywhere: Scrolling, swiping back, etc... This is on an iPhone 13.

In one section, the keyboard opened on top of a text-field so I couldn't see what I was typing.

The components are _just_ different enough that I feel something is wrong, but for the most part, I can't tell what it is.

Then there's a bunch of minor stuff. Switches become slightly larger when they change. You cant swipe down modals. You can't drag & release over options in the sheet. I feel like I'm missing buttons more often.

Overall, I get a vague cheap feel. Not so bad that I would outright dismiss the app as a customer, but I would definitely look for alternatives.

This isn't a critique of the app. I think all of these issues are flutter-related.

Re:Flutter 3 by terandle on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @09:45PM (#31348242)
Just trying to be honest here, but using this as an example on my iPad Pro with magic keyboard... flutter apps do not feel great on iOS IMO. Animations have an initial low fps/jerkyness to them. Lot of weirdness when trying to use an the iPad trackpad, horizontal directions seem to be inverted. Scrolling inertia and feel just feels off in general to me. I'm sure flutter is great on Android and all but it still feels like they have a bit of work to do on iOS in order to really cross that uncanny valley gap.

Regardless I'm sure what you have is a great app here so hope you don't feel like I'm targeting you or your app directly here, and at the end of the day if flutter allows you to make your customers happy more power to you and hope it works out the best for you.

Re:Flutter 3 by strongpigeon on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @07:58PM (#31347567)
Your app looks good! I'm curious, what did you use for the charts?
Re:Flutter 3 by strongpigeon on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @06:04PM (#31346466)
My app [0] isn't big, but it's highly rated and uses Flutter

[0] https://apps.apple.com/us/app/five-three-one/id1560266240

Re:Flutter 3 by justinmc on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @06:27PM (#31346743)
Do you have an Android version?
Re:Flutter 3 by strongpigeon on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @07:19PM (#31347243)
Not yet. I'm waiting to use the Material 3 components which hopefully should be out soon.
Re:Flutter 3 by LocalPCGuy on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @06:30PM (#31346775)
Doesn't appear to based on the website, which is just sad considering it's almost zero effort to create an Android build as well. I'd consider using this app also.
Re:Flutter 3 by strongpigeon on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @07:22PM (#31347270)
I could indeed build it for Android, but since I'm using the Cupertino components, it would look and feel like an iOS app. As I said replying to the parent comment, I'm currently waiting on the Material 3 components to be available before I do that.
Re:Flutter 3 by LocalPCGuy on Thursday May 12, 2022 @03:11PM (#31358860)
Sounds good, although a bit sad I can't try it out, even if it felt more iOS-like. But you gotta prioritize your app and what's best for it. Good luck!
Re:Flutter 3 by hermanb on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @05:41PM (#31346213)
Philips Hue is fully Flutter since a while now (v4). There were issues with (pre-rendering of) animations but those have been resolved in Flutter.
Re:Flutter 3 by trey-jones on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @05:08PM (#31345787)
Google Home is the first thing that comes to mind.

See here: https://flutter.dev/showcase

Re:Flutter 3 by msoad on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @05:12PM (#31345847)
From all those apps Google Home is the only I had to use for my Google Wifi router and it crashed a bunch of times!
Re:Flutter 3 by trey-jones on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @05:13PM (#31345859)
It's very spotty connecting to my Chromecast as well, but the UI is cool!
Re:Flutter 3 by merrvk on Thursday May 12, 2022 @03:05AM (#31350189)
Home is so buggy on my iPhone, it's strange that it's part of the showcase.
Re:Flutter 3 by strix_varius on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @06:48PM (#31346941)
Google home is my most-hated mobile app. It’s slow, janky, buggy, and has terrible UX.
Re:Flutter 3 by nexus7556 on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @11:21PM (#31348923)
Every action requires waiting. Its so frustrating. Open the app, spinner. Click themostat, spinner. Change the temperature, spinner. Its so frustrating. I use Home Assistant now as my primary home control app.
Re:Flutter 3 by msoad on Thursday May 12, 2022 @10:15AM (#31354536)
I just noticed that. Opening the Settings menu shows a spinner! Are they downloading the list of settings items from the internet?!!
Re:Flutter 3 by lwansbrough on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @10:38PM (#31348649)
Our app probably falls into those categories. Millions of downloads between iOS and Android, and has upwards of 50 different pages.

iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/tracker-network-stats/id128769... Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=network.tracke...

Re:Flutter 3 by mattsolle on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @05:40PM (#31346184)
They have a showcase page that details large brands that use Flutter: https://flutter.dev/showcase There's also there own website: https://itsallwidgets.com/
Re:Flutter 3 by discreteevent on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @05:21PM (#31345966)
Canonical have specified it as the default development tool for their apps (e.g. the Ubuntu installer)
Re:Flutter 3 by kolencherry on Thursday May 12, 2022 @12:03AM (#31349155)
Nubank’s mobile apps are built using Flutter. They’re the largest neobank in LATAM (>50MM customers).
Re:Flutter 3 by mhoad on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @06:23PM (#31346693)
Google Ads uses it on mobile which is responsible for literally billions in revenue.
Re:Flutter 3 by samwillis on Thursday May 12, 2022 @01:56AM (#31349796)
I believe the Sonos mobile app is Flutter.