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Re:Is Kotlin Multiplatform Replacing Flutter? by inscrutable on Friday June 21, 2024 @04:05AM (#40747242)
One datapoint is that Google rewrote their Google Docs app in KMM (which doesn't include UI, that's Compose Multiplatform), replacing their legacy in-house framework. They intend to write more of their apps in it.

They also recently offshored some Flutter roles which may be a sign of how central they view Flutter. In a few years it may be in the graveyard.

https://touchlab.co/KMP-at-google

https://www.reddit.com/r/FlutterDev/comments/1chwqtu/flutter...

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Re:Is Kotlin Multiplatform Replacing Flutter? by Alifatisk on Friday June 21, 2024 @04:36AM (#40747454)
> They also recently offshored some Flutter roles which may be a sign of how central they view Flutter.

No, Google did this throughout every team, not only the Flutter team.

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Re:Is Kotlin Multiplatform Replacing Flutter? by ratg13 on Friday June 21, 2024 @04:58AM (#40747579)
The roles that were moved were devops stuff, nothing to do with core flutter, and they did this to many groups.
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Re:Is Kotlin Multiplatform Replacing Flutter? by inscrutable on Friday June 21, 2024 @05:08AM (#40747674)
ok, this may be a red herring.

Still, in a couple of years when Compose Multiplatform is mature, and Google is looking to boost profit margin, they may rationalise their investment in multiple Cross Platform toolkits. I think most agree that, from a technical viewpoint, KMP + Compose Multiplatform offers the most flexibility.

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Re:Is Kotlin Multiplatform Replacing Flutter? by lewisjoe on Friday June 21, 2024 @05:08AM (#40747669)
> One datapoint is that Google rewrote their Google Docs app in KMM (which doesn't include UI, that's Compose Multiplatform)

Can you point me to the source? I'm curious

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Re:Is Kotlin Multiplatform Replacing Flutter? by inscrutable on Friday June 21, 2024 @05:09AM (#40747679)
https://developers.googleblog.com/en/google-kotlinconf-2024-...

For the name of the internal framework, I can't remember which podcast I heard it on, but they haven't mentioned it publicly much if at all. It's something they threw together in like 2012.

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