Flutter vs React Native Development in 2020

Flutter vs React Native Development in 2020

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  Flutter vs ReactNative
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  Flutter vs ReactNative: Which one’s better for you? Frameworks like Cordova or Ionic that facilitated developing cross-platform apps using HTML and JavaScript had their limitations since they fell short of the native experience. Businesses are constantly looking for frameworks that enable them to build apps as close to native as possible while keeping the development costs down. Flutter and React Native are two such frameworks. In this guide, we compare Flutter vs React Native so that you can make an informed choice for your mobile app development project. https://devathon.com/blog/flutter-vs-react-native/
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  Introduction to ReactNative React Native is an open-source framework created by Facebook to develop native apps based on React. React Native’s development started in 2013 as an internal project which was first released in March 2015 when Facebook announced it as “Open-source”. React Native is popular among developers as the Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2019 reports 62.5% of them loved React Native, which puts it right at the top 3rd position for the most popular framework that developers want to work on. https://devathon.com/blog/flutter-vs-react-native/
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  Introduction to Flutter Alsobeing an open-source framework for making mo, Google’s Flutter initially named “Sky” was first introduced in 2015. An alpha version of Flutter (v0.0.6) was released in May 2017, and a stable version of Flutter 1.0 was released in December 2018. The latest stable release of Flutter is 1.12 which came out in December 2019. According to the Stack Overflow Developer Survey conducted in 2019, 75.4% of the developers loved Flutter. Considering the fact that Flutter is new, that puts it in an impressive position. https://devathon.com/blog/flutter-vs-react-native/
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  Differences between Flutter& React Native: UI Design UI Design varies significantly between both as React Native uses the native components of Android & iOS: It has external UI kits like React Native Material Kit, React Native Elements, and NativeBase. Flutter on the other side has proprietary components and widgets for UI design. These come built-in which are available to both Android & iOS apps: The material design widgets cater to Android app design, where its Cupertino widgets correspond to iOS UI design. Flutter’s UI is flexible as it is dependent on a layered architecture. https://devathon.com/blog/flutter-vs-react-native/
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  Differences: Programming Language AsReact Native is based on JavaScript, apps developed from this framework run on JavaScript. Whereas Flutter is based on Dart a completely different yet easy to learn programming language. Compiling native code and customizing Flutter widgets is quicker and easier in Dart. It can be said that choosing between React Native and Flutter comes down to personal preferences. JavaScript has high popularity and a wide user base, while Dart is powerful but less popular. https://devathon.com/blog/flutter-vs-react-native/
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  Differences: Coding Structure Dartmakes no differentiation in data, styles, and templates from a file while JavaScript makes a clear differentiation. Programmers usually find it easy to code using Flutter as it offers all tools in one place. Developers who are used to JavaScript development can find the styling aspect of Flutter to be hard. Such developers go with React Native instead. https://devathon.com/blog/flutter-vs-react-native/
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  Differences: App Performance Interactionsare initiated with the native components with a JavaScript bridge in React Native while Flutter does not feature any such bridge as it uses a streamlined process to interact with the native components. Additionally, apps developed using Flutter compile into native ARM for both Android & iOS making Flutter faster than React Native. An example of that would be how Flutter can achieve an animation runtime speed of 60 frames per second. Both Flutter and React Native are friendly towards sharing and reusing code. https://devathon.com/blog/flutter-vs-react-native/
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  Differences: Development Time ReactNative considerably reduces the time required to develop mobile apps, moreover, creating an engaging UI quickly is easy with it. This framework offers ready-to-use components, and this accelerates the development projects. Flutter has many advantages in this regard too, e.g., it’s easy to set up and configure. React Native has a higher number of IDEs and tools supporting it, and Flutter has some catching up to do here. https://devathon.com/blog/flutter-vs-react-native/
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  Differences: API Capabilities ReactNative has API support for key native interfaces, e.g., NFC payments, Wi-Fi, and biometrics. If you are planning to launch an app that will use geolocation, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi interfaces of the device, consider React Native for such a project. Flutter will likely have API support for many features requiring native interfaces since it’s built using Dart. Flutter has API support for NFC payment and Bluetooth, however, it will likely require some more time before other APIs are available. https://devathon.com/blog/flutter-vs-react-native/
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  Differences: Documentation andSupport Developers keen to work with Flutter can benefit from its comprehensive documentation, which is easy to follow. The documentation for Flutter follows a clear format, and it has the required details. React Native has generic documentation that developers can read. However, this framework has external development tools and the overall React Native documentation isn’t as comprehensive as Flutter. https://devathon.com/blog/flutter-vs-react-native/
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  Differences: Hot Reload Hotreload refers to the ability to have the app running while injecting new versions of files edited during runtime. Both Flutter and React Native support this. Hot reloading is fast enough for both React Native and Flutter, however, it’s a bit faster in the case of Flutter. If developers make a change to a Flutter app when users are using it, the app will reload the changed code and let the users continue from where they left. https://devathon.com/blog/flutter-vs-react-native/
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  Differences: Adoption andPopularity As we have explained earlier, React Native is used in highly popular apps like Facebook, Instagram, Skype, etc. This framework has been around since 2015, therefore, businesses and developers had sufficient time to work with it. Naturally, React Native has higher adoption and popularity. On the other hand, the first stable release of Flutter came in December 2018, therefore, Flutter is still quite new. However, Flutter already counts Alibaba, Tencent, etc. among companies that use it, and that’s an impressive achievement in a short period of time! https://devathon.com/blog/flutter-vs-react-native/
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  Conclusion Both Flutter &React Native have their strengths, however, both frameworks have a few drawbacks. If you are evaluating them for your mobile app development project, then you need to carefully weigh your business requirements against the comparison yardsticks we have explained. Are you looking to get your App built? Contact us at hello@devathon.com or visit our website Devathon to find out how we can build your app with beautiful designs, quality development, and continuous testing. https://devathon.com/blog/flutter-vs-react-native/