[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It has been the buzz of the app world, native or cross-platform which is the better one for mobile app development. Well, the answer will have endless debates on this topic. Along with the cross-platform, now there is even better and advanced platform Flutter in the competition. React Native and Ionic were right on the roll and now it’s flutter gaining users attention and developers hearts. This platform was assumed to be the side project of Google but the update Flutter 1.2 and Dart 2.2 changed the entire image.
It’s not a long time since the launch of Flutter but it has already got some names like Alibaba and Tencent. Another achievement of Flutter is that it has come up with a Hemingway plan where none of the other cross-platform frameworks haven’t stretched its limit yet, the web. Developer community and the audience both are well aware that time is not far when this framework will leave behind every other framework existing in the market at the moment. This is why both the iPhone and Android app development company are diverging their ways towards flutter framework.[/vc_column_text][blog_single_full_content]Let me show you some of the statistical facts showing you the emerging trend and acceptance of Flutter apps.
- There are almost 200+ users of flutter apps.
- Flutter has acquired the position of 34th most popular software repo in GitHub.
- There are almost 300+ flutter apps on the Play store.
- Since the beta, there are more than 250000 developers of flutter.
Now, that the statistics are clear, let’s know why iPhone app developers are preferring Flutter over other platforms?
Flutter for iOS App Development
1) Single Tech Stack
The other languages like Swift and Objective C are used while developing native apps, Flutter makes use of the dart language. Just like the languages, the IDEs to be used are also different.
Xcode is used for developing native iPhone apps while Android studio, IntelliJ Idea, Atom, or Sublime Text are used for developing Flutter apps. Apps built with Swift are fast as all the elements needed are developed natively. Whereas Flutter doesn’t need to bridge the gap to communicate with the native modules. It has everything needed for app development inbuilt making the app smooth and fast.
2) UI Elements
The native framework used by the Apple at present for building UI components is UIKit has an event-driven interface that provides many gesture support. The framework is a full package of drawing, printing, animation, and support for the document. The UI elements of Flutter works very differently. It functions on rendering engine and its personal framework. It consists of a series of stateful and stateless widgets and prove its name and avails the developer’s plenty of widgets to choose from and that too with pixel perfect quality. This might be one of the top reasons for choosing Flutter for mobile application development.
3) Testing
For native app testing, Apple offers a framework called XCTest for performance, integration, and testing of the iPhone apps. This framework, of course, is not attached to certain issues. Well, it does come equipped with different elements like data-driven testing, snapshot testing, group testing, and many more pros. One of the major cons is it is very much stubbing and mocking. It also asks for lots of coding and lacks native support as well.
In the case of Flutter, it provides a picture-perfect testing framework that enables the iOS developers to write test at a functional level, UI, and the unit as well. It offers detailed documentation with examples of coding which enables the app testing on another level. It has a separate package called Flutter Driver for app testing which provides better testing experience.
4) Productivity
In the case of native app development, the developer has to rebuild the entire app or depend on the third party libraries to see the changes done in the simulator or in the devices. They have to repeat these things every time they make any changes in the app.
Flutter provides a reload option which will display all the changes done in the simulator in real time. This will definitely improve the productivity of the developers.
Flutter for Android App Development
1) High-Speed Animation
Flutter simply works magic when it comes to animation. It makes it very simple and easy to create and integrate animation in mobile apps. It is said that the animation loading speed of Android is 60FPS in Flutter.
2) Single Language For Layout And Backend
In case of native for Android, there is a separate layout to be used for Java and Kotlin files. This will make the developers get a reference for different views and then they will make relevant changes in the backend files.
In the case of Flutter, a single language is used for designing and backend. The entire need of references and widgets are eradicated which is why Flutter for Android app development.
3) Dart is Perfect For Multiple Languages
Even after the launch of Java 8, there are still glitches to be taken care of. Coming to Dart, it has a bucket full of features for different languages and yet maintaining the basic feel of Java. The development process will be turned effortless and Android app development company would be at the privilege to deliver the best output at a budget-friendly price.
4) Removal Of Repetitive Gradle Build Time
No divergent ways to the fact that Gradle is by far one of the best tools for Android. There is a but in this case, because it definitely is very large making it difficult to deploy the apps at a faster pace.
Well, Flutter also needs gradle for building Android apps. But, it needs just for one single time. In case of changes or rebuild of the app, it can ditch the Gradel making the deployment fast and convenient.[/blog_single_full_content][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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