Swift for Android Vs. Kotlin Multiplatform
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andsoitis
30 days ago
1 replyYour future self will thank you for using Kotlin on Android and Swift on iOS, where they are the respective first class citizens.
jakey_bakeyAuthor
30 days ago
There's always rough edges, but I would say that shared core platform code can usually work pretty well and save time once you got through the overhead of setup.
willtemperley
30 days ago
1 replyIs there a world in which OpenSwiftUI will be usable on Android?
jakey_bakeyAuthor
30 days ago
I don't know enough about Open Swift UI to answer. Are they gone? With Skip Tools, anything is possible, probably.
Qiu_Zhanxuan
30 days ago
1 replyHow do they compare to Flutter, I only used Flutter and I find it quite useful for my usecase, a swiping app on iOS/Android/Web with a supabase Backend.
jakey_bakeyAuthor
30 days ago
Frankly, in the modern day, basically all of the solutions are good until you're talking about very strict performance requirements.
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