DEV Community

Discussion on: Kotlin Multiplatform: Ready or Not?

Collapse
 
karan_shah89 profile image
Karan Shah

We have shipped iOS apps with Flutter and they work great. Never had any performance issues. We built a common UI for Android and iOS so saved a lot of time there too!

While Kotlin might be supported by hosting providers - the community, third party plugins, etc aren't so great. These matter a lot and the adoption for Flutter is wild

Thread Thread
 
kpgalligan profile image
Kevin Galligan

"Wild" I would not necessarily agree with. There's a lot of developer interest, but for anything that isn't greenfield or of a significant size, there is significant risk and pushback. That message is obviously not telegraphed by the Flutter team, but it is a common response in our experience.

However, it's not really "Kotlin vs Flutter". The Android community gets into this debate. They're quite different and will be used by totally different teams on different things. I think it'll be more Flutter vs Hybrid app (or similar). However, predicting the future is not easy. Maybe it'll all be Flutter in a few years?