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flutter-embedded-linux
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Native Swift BasicMessageChannel
You can just write a swift wrapper over FlutterDesktopMessenger but you'll also need to write message codec implementation in swift.
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My Return to Desktop Applications
I'm curious which operating systems people are still waiting for. We have delivered Windows, macOS and Linux on stable as of Flutter 3. We don't have plans to add more, but people in the community are working on things like embedded Linux: https://github.com/sony/flutter-embedded-linux
Disclosure: I'm a Developer Relations Engineer for Flutter
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Qt Creator 7 Released
Oh that sucks. Yeah Qt has gotten really aggressive with their licensing headaches. They broke so many of our CI scripts when they made it mandatory for you to log in to use their Qt installer even for online version.
And yep. Relying on just Google can be a death sentence. I was hoping to use Android things for a quick demo last month only to find out that it is discontinued. What made me look at flutter was because companies like Sony are driving forward it's development on embedded space ( https://github.com/sony/flutter-embedded-linux ). Tbh I am still looking for something that was as nice as QtQuick on embedded devices, but with a permissive license.
So other than electron, what options do you see moving forward? All i see is slint ( https://github.com/slint-ui/slint/ ).
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Coinbase’s successful transition to React Native
In no particular order:
- The type system was essentially like java but perhaps even worse -- in a world with Rust, Haskell, Julia, Kotlin, Scala, and even Golang this seemed egregious. No algebraic data types, inheritance, nullable values, lack of errors-as-values approach. I know they worked hard on the language, but it's like they ignored all the progress in PL over the last like decade+.
- JSON serialization/deserialization[1] was like the worst parts of Go and the worst parts of Java (again this has to
- SQLite driver[0] couldn't be used off device. I found this out while trying to write tests that ran off-device. Now there's sqlite3[1] so maybe it's no longer an issue
- Dart2 was a played down rewrite of Dart1, with JS interop removed. Typescript is a better language than Dart.
- BloC is overcomplicated and was rolled out poorly at the time (this has more to do with Flutter than Dart). The state management patterns felt like unbaked react (flux pattern) v1.
All this said, Dart will probably be around for a very long time. Fuschia makes a LOT of sense for Google to continue pursuing, which uses Flutter. Dart could be worse, and I think it's good enough for a bunch of usecases. If it were me, I wouldn't even choose it over Nativescript.
The Boring Flutter Development Show[3] was/is fantastic, I watched it religiously when I was learning and trying out Flutter -- having a big backer like google means there are always going to be dedicated resources and smart people behind Flutter which honestly probably matters more in the long run than Dart being a shit language. As Golang has shown us, you can just iterate to having a good language.
Seeing Sony embrace flutter for embedded things is pretty big as well[4]. Sony has a surprisingly strong track record of making technologically competent products:
- PS Vita (generally regarded as ahead of it's time)
- Sony SmartWatch 1 & 2 (I owned both, they were ahead of their time, and were very good quality, easily hackable)
- Sony XPeria phones & tablets (embraced open source and easy bootloader unlock, I own a tablet that I'm extremely happy with)
[0]: https://pub.dev/packages/sqflite
[1]: https://pub.dev/packages/json_serializable
[2]: https://pub.dev/packages/sqlite3
[3]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXAUNLWdTcw&list=PLjxrf2q8ro...
[4]: https://github.com/sony/flutter-embedded-linux
Flutter
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Show HN: Shorebird 1.0, Flutter Code Push
[3]: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/tree/master/packages/flut...
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3D and 2D: Testing out my cross-platform graphics engine
Thanks - that link does not appear to be open access, anyways I don't think I've seen it. I'm familiar with Flutter at a high-level (Kevin Moore gave a great talk on it at Wasm I/O), and I think other than requiring users to work in Dart, it is probably one of the most powerful ways to do cross-platform UI today.
Worth noting that their original GPU backend was Skia, and now they are retooling around Flutter GPU (Impeller)[0], which is kind of designed similarly as an abstract rendering interface over platform-specific GPU APIs.
[0]https://github.com/flutter/flutter/wiki/Flutter-GPU
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Python dev considering Electron vs. Kivy for desktop app UI
If you are considering Electron/React then I would suggest adding Flutter to your list of technologies to consider. It uses Dart (a language similar to C#) and has a lot going for it… relatively quick to get up to speed with, fantastic developer experience (e.g., hot reload, great IDE support, good development tools) and very strong cross-platform support: it generates native iOS, Android, MacOS, Windows and Linux executables. Check it out: https://flutter.dev/
- Lançamento do App Edudu
- Android 12+: Changing wallpaper or dark theme breaks Flutter and Jetpack Apps
- Android 12: Changing wallpaper or dark theme breaks Flutter and Jetpack Compose
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React Native and Flutter: A Developer's Dilemma
You can find the React Native documentation here and Flutter Documentation here.
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Ente: Open-Source, E2E Encrypted, Google Photos Alternative
[1]https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/55092#issuecomment...
- Reusing state logic is either too verbose or too difficult #51752
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React Labs: What We've Been Working On – February 2024 – React Compiler
> There is actually a great issue thread on the Flutter GitHub that explains exactly why other solutions do not work correctly when compared to hooks [0]
Interesting. I assume you are referring to this comment in particular -> https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/51752#issuecomment... ?
What are some alternatives?
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flet - Flet enables developers to easily build realtime web, mobile and desktop apps in Python. No frontend experience required.
fastotv_pl - IPTV/OTT Solution
WPF - WPF is a .NET Core UI framework for building Windows desktop applications.
flutter_native_opencv - Using OpenCV natively in C++ in a Flutter app with Dart FFI
Uno Platform - Build Mobile, Desktop and WebAssembly apps with C# and XAML. Today. Open source and professionally supported.
flutter_everywhere - Template Flutter Project for iOS, Android, Fuschica, MacOS, Windows, Linux, Web, Command Line, Chrome Extension
kivy - Open source UI framework written in Python, running on Windows, Linux, macOS, Android and iOS
wide-integer - Wide-Integer implements a generic C++ template for uint128_t, uint256_t, uint512_t, uint1024_t, etc.
Quasar Framework - Quasar Framework - Build high-performance VueJS user interfaces in record time