{"id":1103,"date":"2019-12-12T07:24:53","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T14:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vanitymobileapps.com\/blog\/?p=1103"},"modified":"2019-12-12T07:24:53","modified_gmt":"2019-12-12T14:24:53","slug":"whats-all-the-buzz-about-flutter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanitymobileapps.com\/blog\/mobile-application-development\/whats-all-the-buzz-about-flutter\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s all the Buzz about Flutter?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you have been thinking about having a mobile application\nbuilt for either yourself or your business and have done some research, you\nhave probably come across Flutter during your search and want to learn more about\nit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To start with, Flutter is an open-source SDK that mobile app\ndevelopers<\/a> can use to create native-looking Android and iOS mobile apps.  Perhaps the biggest advantage of Flutter is\nthat it is a cross-platform tool that was developed to create both Android and\niOS mobile applications from a single code base utilizing a modern framework.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mobile apps built using Flutter are created using a simple\nobject-oriented programming language called Dart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flutter focuses on the use of widgets to build mobile\napplications. User interfaces are created by combining different widgets. Each defines\na structural element (such as a menu), a stylistic element (such as a font), a factor\nof the layout (like margins), or other items related to the application.\nFlutter does not utilize widgets from the hardware but instead has its own\nwidgets that look native to either the Android OS or Apple iOS. Additionally, it\u2019s\nalso possible to create custom widgets if your application requires them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Flutter isn\u2019t widely used yet, it is growing rapidly\nand has been used to build several very popular mobile applications, such as Alibaba,\nReflectly, Birch Finance, and the Hamilton Musical app to name a few. Many\nother apps currently in the app stores have been built utilizing Flutter. You\nprobably have some on your smartphone right now and didn\u2019t even realize they\nwere built using the Flutter framework.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flutter has several benefits when compared to the\ntraditional way of building mobile applications. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fast and Simple <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the most useful features of Flutter is the ability to\ninstantly view the changes you made to the application on emulators, simulators,\nand hardware. Almost instantly, the updated code is reloaded with no need to restart.\nThis is an exceptional feature that saves developers a great deal of time\ncreating applications. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Increased\nProductivity<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since Flutter allows developers to utilize the same code\nbase for both iOS and Android apps it saves a great deal of time and resources\nin the development process. Businesses looking to accelerate the timetable of\nbringing their apps to market or looking to contain costs will find Flutter is\nan excellent way to accomplish both of these goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enhanced Performance<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Dart coding language utilized by Flutter compiles into\nnative code so they will perform just like the native apps you have loved for\nyears. As an additional benefit, you will find that since apps built using\nFlutter have their own widgets, the apps will not need to access OEM widgets,\nwhich translates into less mediated communication between the app and the\nplatform. The end result is fast app startup times and fewer performance\nissues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Improved Compatibility<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since Flutter widgets are built into the app and it\u2019s not as\ndependent on the platform, it will reduce compatibility issues between\ndifferent OS versions. This will save you time and money when you start testing\nyour application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Since Flutter allows developers to utilize the same code base for both iOS and Android apps it saves a great deal of time and resources in the development process. Businesses looking to accelerate the timetable of bringing their apps to market or looking to contain costs will find Flutter is an excellent way to accomplish both of these goals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[105,50],"class_list":["post-1103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mobile-application-development","tag-flutter","tag-mobile-application-development"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanitymobileapps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanitymobileapps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanitymobileapps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanitymobileapps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanitymobileapps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1103"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanitymobileapps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1105,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanitymobileapps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1103\/revisions\/1105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanitymobileapps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanitymobileapps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanitymobileapps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}