Swift for Android vs. Kotlin Multiplatform (opens in new tab)

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17 pointsjakey_bakey3mo ago6 comments

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How 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_bakeyOP3mo ago

Frankly, in the modern day, basically all of the solutions are good until you're talking about very strict performance requirements.

andsoitis3mo ago

Your future self will thank you for using Kotlin on Android and Swift on iOS, where they are the respective first class citizens.

jakey_bakeyOP3mo 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.

willtemperley3mo ago

Is there a world in which OpenSwiftUI will be usable on Android?

jakey_bakeyOP3mo ago

I don't know enough about Open Swift UI to answer. Are they gone? With Skip Tools, anything is possible, probably.

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Qiu_Zhanxuan3mo ago

How 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_bakeyOP3mo ago

Frankly, in the modern day, basically all of the solutions are good until you're talking about very strict performance requirements.

andsoitis3mo ago

Your future self will thank you for using Kotlin on Android and Swift on iOS, where they are the respective first class citizens.

jakey_bakeyOP3mo 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.

willtemperley3mo ago

Is there a world in which OpenSwiftUI will be usable on Android?

jakey_bakeyOP3mo ago

I don't know enough about Open Swift UI to answer. Are they gone? With Skip Tools, anything is possible, probably.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse