VIN    🇺🇦Mar 7
I started rebuilding my #flutter app in #expo and #reactNative and after three days of testing on the emulator I decided to make a local build of an apk. Turns out you need an expo account to do that! Thats totally unnecessary and is simply a #vendorLockIn #greed
So I'm back or sticking with flutter, at least you get total control of your own work!
Show threadkde_fangirlMar 7
@nelov thats annoying.
What kind of app are you building?
Show threadVIN    🇺🇦Mar 7
@kde_fangirl I made two small apps, one for my fathers blog and one for me thats helps me manage the many daily/weekly/monthly reminders I make for myself. They are both online already. Making them in flutter was actually super enjoyable but I thought that google doesn't have the best record of keeping thing around and since I work woth typescript already it's a good idea to try out expo.
I guess flutter also had the bonus of making desktop builds with ease. So I also made a linux version of my dads app for me.
That lead to think, making one for windows would also be easy...well I was wrong. I spent 2 days fighting the tooling, fixing C builds, visual studio and whatnot..till I gave up.
Show threadkde_fangirl
@nelov Damn what a struggle.
I wanted to get into app coding for a long time, but android studio looks way to complicated for me as a beginner.
Should i try using flutter instead?
Mar 7 at 7:59amWeb
Show threadVIN    🇺🇦Mar 7
@kde_fangirl I'm far from being an expert but at least I also tried making a native android app as well. Google introduced jetpack compose a few years ago and it really improves things a lot! It's a much more modern approach that makes it easier to make apps. No more xml!
But in comparison flutter feels easier. I also read that flutter hides or removes a lot of complexity.
Starting is also super simple, get the sdk and do an "init" with an empty scafold that gives you a working "app" from where you can play and build up on.
Since it has hot reload/refresh it shows changes the second you save. Due to that it often feel quicker to try design or ui changes in the code instead of making mock ups.
Show threadkde_fangirlMar 7
@nelov Thanks for the advice. I'll look in to it some more and try to build something with flutter!
Tbh I dont like google anyways