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Re:Flutter 3 by sph on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @05:16PM (#31345890)
I keep hearing this, but none of the cross platform apps I run use Flutter. It's all Electron and Qt.

I don't think I've ever seen Flutter in the wild.

Re:Flutter 3 by brundolf on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @05:19PM (#31345937)
Or have you, and you just couldn't tell?

(I personally don't know if it's this good, but it's plausible)

Re:Flutter 3 by folkhack on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @05:34PM (#31346125)
Not OP - but almost all of the Flutter work I've ran into is mobile-centric.

If you're looking for cross-platform on the desktop it really hasn't been a popular option vs. Electron/Qt.

Re:Flutter 3 by qaq on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @05:42PM (#31346221)
Given that "Today, we are excited to announce that Flutter is now stable for macOS and Linux, in addition to Windows!" thats not surprising
Re:Flutter 3 by folkhack on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @05:57PM (#31346400)
Of course, and to be clear I'm excited there are more cross-platform options even though I've had a reluctant history with Dart.
Re:Flutter 3 by brundolf on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @06:10PM (#31346531)
I read "I don't think I've ever seen Flutter in the wild" to include mobile, but maybe I misinterpreted
Re:Flutter 3 by skybrian on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @05:53PM (#31346353)
They just launched cross-platform desktop support today. Who would be using it for desktop apps like Electron?
Re:Flutter 3 by epse on Thursday May 12, 2022 @04:03AM (#31350632)
It has been out for a serious while though, just in a very high quality beta. I've personally been using it just fine, though for nothing too complicated
Re:Flutter 3 by vesche on Thursday May 12, 2022 @01:50AM (#31349747)
Re:Flutter 3 by rvz on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @07:37PM (#31347405)
> ever seen Flutter in the wild.

So what is this made in then? [0] Hint it is not Electron.

[0] https://rows.com/download

Re:Flutter 3 by jbigelow76 on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @09:47PM (#31348260)
Xamarin?
Re:Flutter 3 by topogios on Thursday May 12, 2022 @07:09AM (#31352241)
The referenced "Rows" application seems to be the showcase app "Rows" listed at

https://flutter.dev/showcase

Re:Flutter 3 by rvz on Thursday May 12, 2022 @07:56AM (#31352673)
Exactly.
Re:Flutter 3 by sarmasamosarma on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @05:35PM (#31346135)
I have a few apps out there and you can’t tell them apart from native. They are insanely snappy. Flutter is the bomb.
Re:Flutter 3 by wiseowise on Thursday May 12, 2022 @01:54AM (#31349784)
How’s the startup time?
Re:Flutter 3 by epse on Thursday May 12, 2022 @04:06AM (#31350654)
Very limited anecdotal evidence: about the same as native apps on my android phone. (measured by counting out loud and trying some random apps)