How Flutter has changed Android Development?

We are living in the very exciting 2021 where opportunities have grown exponentially in the field of app development.Every business model needs to have at least a mobile app to offer commendatory and extensively customized solutions to the customers.However the major concern here for the companies is that building a native app for android/IOS is quite laborious. So the word “Cross- Platform” has gained huge popularity in the past few years. .With that taken into consideration,”Flutter” vs “React native” has become the enthusiasts’ favourite keyword to search for.

In this blog,I have tried to present the fact-checked information about how the Google’s Flutter is gaining so much attention of the developers and Business communities as well as how it led to a tussle between “Flutter” and “React

Table of Contents…

• What is Flutter? 
• Features of Flutter 
• Advantages of Flutter 
• How Flutter has an edge over React Native 
• When to choose Flutter 
• Conclusion

What is Flutter ?

Flutter is Google’s portable UI toolkit for building apps on android,IOS,Web. It is a free and open- source mobile UI framework released in May 2017(alpha testing) which uses “Dart” programming language.

Google’s main objective here is to create an ultimate platform for a developer to develop cross- platform apps with so much potential and uniqueness.

Since the global release,Flutter is gaining exponential popularity.

Features of Flutter :

• Less Testing Required
• Open Source 
• Cross-platform Framework 
• Support for camera,storage,location,network and more.. 
• Minimal code for creating unique apps. 
• Vast variety of widgets and packages 
• Smooth experience 
• Based on Dart

Advantages of Flutter

• Beautiful:Everything in Flutter is a widget, which is customizable, which means the developer has full control over the application.It,therefore allows you to paint every single pixel to the screen. 
• Fast: Flutter uses Skia, a graphic rendering engine,by which Flutter apps render over 60 FPS. 
• Productive:It allows you to change your code,which literally changes the app in real time,within seconds.This also allows users to fix bugs in real time which is less time consuming. 
• Open:It’s an open source platform where users themselves can provide code,packages and plug

How Flutter has an edge over React:

• Performance : Flutter apps can yield animation runtime speed of as high as 60 frames per second. In case of React Native, we need to use third party libraries to attain 60 FPS runtime speed.But by doing so, there will be more complication to the application which is not acceptable.
• Testing : Flutter uses Dart,which offers comprehensive support for automation testing.Flutter developers and testers have access to tons of testing features for unit, integrated, and widget testing of the app.On the other hand, React Native has absolutely zero official testing support for UI level and integrated testing. The tools that it does offer is only for unit testing and that’s a very limited set too.
• Code Maintainability : The simplicity in the code offers Flutter developers to maintain code easily by spotting bugs easily and fixing them at runtime. On the other hand,upgrading and debugging the code can be a pain in React Native. When you fork the code to suit your application, it interferes with the framework’s logic thereby slowing down the development process.
• Developer Productivity : Everyting in Flutter is a widget which is customizable.Hence user has full control over the application for his/her productivity as compared to React Native, where skill is an essential part

However, as the complexity of apps grows, developers would need to learn and adopt the new Flutter concepts. In addition, Dart is not a common programming language and there is a lack of support for it in many IDEs and text

When to use Flutter :

• If u are new to web development and less skilled in javascript 
• Your idea does not require complete native functionality. 
• Time requirement is less 
• You want to write codes faster and deploy them into the market quickly. 
• If u want to create high-performance apps with a rendering speed between 60–120 FPS 
• You requirement is to customize UI with widgets and less

Conclusion:

Flutter is possibly one of the best if not the best addition to mobile app development.It provides a great option to develop apps with more rendering capability,options to customize,and flexibility.

With a community growing so fast,flutter might become a go to framework in the future in app development.You might want to consider learning Flutter to become a full time app developer or even a freelancer.

Flutter has many more advantages for business and development teams than risks. It’s a great chance to build beautiful, high-performance, and outstanding mobile apps that fit your custom needs and requirements. It’s worth considering Flutter, especially if you want an app both for iOS and Android.

What’s more, it can save you time & money.Its a win-win situation and an offer u can’t resis