{"id":25,"date":"2024-02-09T06:55:54","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T06:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/anismachinations\/?p=25"},"modified":"2024-02-09T06:55:54","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T06:55:54","slug":"flutter-pros-and-cons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/anismachinations\/2024\/02\/09\/flutter-pros-and-cons\/","title":{"rendered":"Flutter Pros and Cons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The main technology I am using on the Forest Wellness Checkup App is Flutter. Flutter<\/a> is a framework for developing cross-platform applications using the Dart programming language<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flutter has clear and concise documentation. There are a variety of Codelabs<\/a> that teach UI, debugging, and developement on different platforms. I particularly enjoyed “Building your first Flutter Ap<\/a>p” by Filip Hracek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I struggled to learn React<\/a>, but have picked up Flutter more quickly due to my familiarity with React. Flutter and React both use “Declarative UI” in terms of State management (Connolly<\/a>). Flutter widgets are similar to React components (Connolly<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To improve performance on multiple operating systems, Flutter creates widgets to replace the OS UI widgets (Google<\/a>). The Flutter\/dart code can be compiled into native code (Google)<\/a>. However, this makes it more complicated to incorporate OS widgets into a Flutter application. You need to use a platform view widget to embed the native controls (Google<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately, we want to include handwriting-to-text input in our application. On iOS, Apple Scribble will automatically allow stylus input in Flutter text fields (Koko<\/a>). There is an issue on Flutter’s GitHub requesting additional Android support for this feature, but there are no updates (McCandless<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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References<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Connolly, Sean “Is Flutter similar to React?” https:\/\/seanconnolly.dev\/is-flutter-similar-to-react<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Google “Flutter architectural overview” Flutter Documentation,
https:\/\/docs.flutter.dev\/resources\/architectural-overview#rendering-native-controls-in-a-flutter-app<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hracek, Filip (March 1, 2023) “Building your first Flutter App – with a Codelab!” Google, www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8sAyPDLorek<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Koko, Mitch (Sep 3, 2022) “FLUTTER \u2665 SCRIBBLE = Handwriting to Text!”
https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-ZVNC64jA8k<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

McCandless, Justin (Nov 17, 2022) “Support stylus handwriting input on Android” GitHub,
https:\/\/github.com\/flutter\/flutter\/issues\/115607<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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