skip VS VirtualKeyboardSDK

Came across this on GitHub (https://github.com/skiptools/skip), thought it was interesting.

The docs go into a bit more detail of how this works: https://skip.tools/docs/

Seems notable that the transpiler is free during the tech preview, but pricing will be announced later. While the generated Kotlin code is probably not 1:1 with what a human would write, at least it seems you aren't completely locked in to it if you decide to leave.

Interesting idea– definitely a lot of surface area to cover and I am curious to see how it does. I personally love native app development, but wonder how big the downsides are once you start getting into detailed UX designs/architecture patterns...

Maybe using this for UI only and using Kotlin Native would be a better middle ground, but with Compose Multiplatform for iOS in development that might be an overall safer bet for native shared codebases.

We will look at the Fleksy Keyboard SDK developed to address these significant issues while building a keyboard app. As the SDK natively supports Android and iOS platforms, creating a keyboard using the Flutter framework is very straightforward. The SDK is also well documented and available here.

The Fleksy SDK is a virtual keyboard toolkit for developers and organizations looking into creating a 10X better typing experience while requiring 90% less time to develop it.