Re:Flutter seems to be having bad times internally
by rob74 on Friday November 24, 2023 @03:41AM
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I meant it's a small niche for Flutter to address only the apps that want to be cross-platform, don't want to invest into having "native" iOS and Android versions, but are Ok with using a different technology for desktop/web (or don't need those).
Re:Flutter seems to be having bad times internally
by rapsey on Friday November 24, 2023 @04:01AM
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It is not a small niche at all. A ton of things are mobile first/only.
Re:Flutter seems to be having bad times internally
by pjmlp on Friday November 24, 2023 @04:17AM
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And plenty of well known companies have discovered that mastering two native stacks is still easier and cheaper in the long run, than mastering a "cross-platform stack" framework + dealing with leaky abstractions + build integration issues + having to master the native stack anyway.
Either go mobile Web, or native.
Re:Flutter seems to be having bad times internally
by SushiHippie on Friday November 24, 2023 @06:05AM
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Yep, a good example is the element X rewrite
They use Jetpack on Android
https://github.com/vector-im/element-x-android
And SwiftUI on iOS
https://github.com/vector-im/element-x-ios
But both use the same underlying Matrix Rust SDK
https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-rust-sdk
So they share the core part of the app between platforms, but everything user facing is native
No it is not. Mobile apps are thriving. It is desktop apps that are niche now.
> ditching Flutter and using web tech for mobile too sounds like the better bet?
Quite possibly yes.