Dart which requires Flutter framework for developing Android and iOS combined.
If you are an Android developer, you are very well familiar that there are three most used languages for developing Android apps. The most used language is JAVA. The official language for Android development is Kotlin and the latest development in programming languages is Google's language Dart which requires Flutter framework for developing Android and iOS combined.
Yes, if you want to develop apps in Flutter, then you will have to develop apps in Dart and the same code will be used for making iOS apps. Dart is capable of cross-platform development which means you will be able to make Android as well as iOS apps but there is a shortcoming in this language which I would like to discuss. Below I have weighed all the pros and cons of the language. Read them thoroughly and then decide for yourself.
Advantages of going to Flutter:
1)Dual app development:
The best part of Flutter is that apps get developed for Android as well as iOS with the same set of code. The apps will look and run similarly on both platforms. You won't have to code separately for developing apps on iOS platforms.
2)Flutter is developed by Google:
As flutter is a Google product it will always have speedy development and professionally trained programmers for support and development. In coming years we can expect flutter to be better and faster than ever.
3)Fuchsia apps will be developed in dart only:
The upcoming operating system of Google, Fuchsia OS as Google calls it, will have apps developed in the dart programming language. In short, the official programming language for development of apps for Fuchsia OS will be Dart language.
Disadvantages of going to Flutter:
Advantages of going to Flutter:
The best part of Flutter is that apps get developed for Android as well as iOS with the same set of code. The apps will look and run similarly on both platforms. You won't have to code separately for developing apps on iOS platforms.
As flutter is a Google product it will always have speedy development and professionally trained programmers for support and development. In coming years we can expect flutter to be better and faster than ever.
The upcoming operating system of Google, Fuchsia OS as Google calls it, will have apps developed in the dart programming language. In short, the official programming language for development of apps for Fuchsia OS will be Dart language.
Disadvantages of going to Flutter:
1)Very less community support
The community support for flutter isn't as big as the support for JAVA or Kotlin. Believe me, the number of flutter developers is increasing day by day but there are many more programmers using JAVA language then the number of programmers using flutter language. So you will have to wait for some more time on online communities like stack overflow to get your question answered.
2)No UI editor
If you are used to developing apps using Layout Editor in Android then it will be really difficult getting used to developing the interface by writing code. Yes, Flutter does not have a visual editor or a drag and drop layout editor. So, people who are accustomed to using drag and drop for android development will have some problems at first.
3)Everything is done using widgets
One more thing that you need to get used to is that in flutter there are widgets everywhere. Even the app itself is the widget. the layout is a widget, the text is a widget, color is a widget, almost everything that an Android phone requires is a widget. This might not be a big thing but programmers will need time to to get used to it.
4) Larger APK size
Flutter built apps are large in size. Even trivial apps made for small causes require a lot of RAM. So if your apps are considerably large in size then flutter will make it.
5)Not all the features work:
If your app uses Bluetooth to connect to other apps then you will have to develop the function separately for Android devices and then add that code in the flutter code. If of the greatest disadvantage of Flutter is that if you are building an app which uses features which are limited to Android or apps which require Google play purchase then you will have to separately develop apps for iOS store purchases.
6)Apps are not purely Native:
There is much more difference between apps developed on Flutter and apps developed on native android development languages like Android. Native apps perform better and are more 30% more CPU efficient than Flutter apps.
7)Not preferred by Large Companies:
Dart is a very popular programming language among startups as they have less budget and using flutter they build apps for Android as well as iOS so they don't have to separately hire another software developer to separately develop apps on iOS, but this is not the case in large companies. Large companies like Quora, Amazon, Facebook prefer to have separate developers for Android as well as iOS due to which there are no job openings for flutter engineers.
Even through advantages go far above the small disadvantages, due to its popularity Java is better than Dart for developing Android apps.
The community support for flutter isn't as big as the support for JAVA or Kotlin. Believe me, the number of flutter developers is increasing day by day but there are many more programmers using JAVA language then the number of programmers using flutter language. So you will have to wait for some more time on online communities like stack overflow to get your question answered.
If you are used to developing apps using Layout Editor in Android then it will be really difficult getting used to developing the interface by writing code. Yes, Flutter does not have a visual editor or a drag and drop layout editor. So, people who are accustomed to using drag and drop for android development will have some problems at first.
One more thing that you need to get used to is that in flutter there are widgets everywhere. Even the app itself is the widget. the layout is a widget, the text is a widget, color is a widget, almost everything that an Android phone requires is a widget. This might not be a big thing but programmers will need time to to get used to it.
Flutter built apps are large in size. Even trivial apps made for small causes require a lot of RAM. So if your apps are considerably large in size then flutter will make it.
If your app uses Bluetooth to connect to other apps then you will have to develop the function separately for Android devices and then add that code in the flutter code. If of the greatest disadvantage of Flutter is that if you are building an app which uses features which are limited to Android or apps which require Google play purchase then you will have to separately develop apps for iOS store purchases.
There is much more difference between apps developed on Flutter and apps developed on native android development languages like Android. Native apps perform better and are more 30% more CPU efficient than Flutter apps.
Dart is a very popular programming language among startups as they have less budget and using flutter they build apps for Android as well as iOS so they don't have to separately hire another software developer to separately develop apps on iOS, but this is not the case in large companies. Large companies like Quora, Amazon, Facebook prefer to have separate developers for Android as well as iOS due to which there are no job openings for flutter engineers.
Even through advantages go far above the small disadvantages, due to its popularity Java is better than Dart for developing Android apps.
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