alt Hacker NewsReact Native continues to be one of the best technology bets I’ve ever made.
At one point I really thought that Flutter would outclass it but typical Google project stuff has really put a damper on it from all I can see.
It’s not better than native apps, but as far as cross platform GuIs go it’s still very very good
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Flutter and KMM are actually very good and better to use than the debacle that React Native can be. But they’re worlds behind in community support, and React Native became the ‘kitchen sink’ that works for most needs.
As a React Native developer for, what, 6 years, I don’t have much positivity left to offer. Bug reports to the core team that went nowhere, the Android crash on remote images without dimensions, all the work offloaded to Expo, etc.
Google couldn’t really done better, maybe Flutter should’ve become independent after the initial release.
> Flutter would outclass it but typical Google project stuff has really put a damper on it from all I can see.
Flutter is amazing, but they really shot themselves in the foot with Dart (and I say that as someone who doesn't mind Dart).