Why Flutter is Ideal Framework To Build A Perfect App? [Top Reasons]
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Ankit Patel - March 10, 2022
- 6 min read
The rapid evolution of technology and in addition to this, the pandemic period resulted in the transformation of many brick and mortar enterprises into digital ones. Certainly, digital presence across all the channels would not have been possible without the mobile apps. This ultimately led to the high demand for mobile app development services.
Mobile application is an economic tool bestowing a plethora of functions and uses to its users as well as owners. Leveraging the app benefits, many entrepreneurs are doing pretty well on the digital platform. Well, you must also be thinking of marking your presence on the digital market via a prolific mobile app. Note, there are many startups who chose the wrong platform for their mobile app and are facing a huge failure. If you don’t want to experience any failure, then you should hire Flutter app developer to build an excellent and money-spinning app.
Now, being new to mobile apps, you need to ponder over these two questions:
- How can you build Android and iOS mobile applications with a low budget?
- How can you reach out to a wider customer base and beat the rivals?
The very simple answer to both the questions is Flutter! Flutter! & only Flutter! Undoubtedly, a mobile app developed using Google’s Flutter has a promising future. Flutter SDK, an open-source UI toolkit launched by Google, uses a single codebase for developing high-performing applications that can run flawlessly on any platform.
Prior to approaching a Flutter app development company, you must first know about Flutter, some interesting facts about it and the benefits it offers.
What is Flutter?
Google came up with a free open-source UI SDK in May 17 named Flutter. Using Flutter, native mobile applications can be created with a single codebase, which implies that the need for creating different codebase for the app for different platforms has been completely eliminated. Hence, because of this, Google Flutter is the most preferred SDK amongst the developers when an app has to be made for multi-platforms quickly and on a low budget.
It would be wrong to call Flutter a framework, rather SDK is the right phrase for it, as it comes with a lot of perks that are needed for building a cross-platform application, like rendering engine, handy widgets, easy testing, and integration of APIs.
Let us now go through some interesting facts regarding Flutter for mobile app development.
- In comparison to other frameworks and languages, Flutter is the most powerful one. A Flutter developer finds this framework very interesting, fruitful and easy.
- Flutter was launched on May 17 but in December 18 it went live and by April 20 it reached more than 2 million users.
- The figure of Play store apps built using Flutter has significantly increased by 40,000, i.e. from 50,000 apps to 90,000 apps since April 20. Almost 80% spike can be seen.
- The beta version of Flutter was released on March 13th, 2018 and went live on December 14th, 2018. In a very short time span, Flutter marked a prominent position for itself in the mobile app development services offering companies.
- On GitHub, Flutter succeeded in acquiring 137k stars and 21k forks.
- From 2019 to 2020, 39% of app developers chose Google Flutter as a framework for developing mobile apps.
- After React Native, Flutter is the most popular programming language for developing customizable cross-platform applications.
- As per recent research, Google splits the share of the Flutter developers:
- For firm working as a startup – 35%
- For enterprise developers – 26%
- For self-employed – 19%
- For firms working as design agencies – 7%
Reasons For Choosing Flutter To Enhance Mobile App Development
Certainly, Flutter has gained traction and has become popular over other chief cross-platform frameworks like Angular JS, Xamarin, React Native, and many more. This statement is not enough for convincing you to opt for Flutter. Hence, here are some good reasons for choosing Flutter SDK to develop a mobile app.
◉ Programming Language of Flutter
The foundation of Flutter is Dart SDK which contributes to creating powerful designs and architectures. Apart from that, Dart promotes standardization, consistency, integration, and simple management because of which it is much superior in comparison to other cross-platform languages and frameworks.
Before investing in any app development framework, businesses generally hunt for the potential and future of that framework. Given that Flutter has been launched by Google, it has a promising future. Considering the basics, the Dart SDK has been designed, thereby making it the best choice for mobile app development services offering companies.
Know more: Top 5 Reasons To Build An App For Your Business
◉ Cost-Effectiveness
The most interesting fact about Flutter is that with a single codebase a Flutter app developer can build apps that can be run on embedded devices, mobile, desktop, and web. With the least amount of changes in the native codebase, the developers can use it across various platforms. This ultimately reduces the turnaround time for building a mobile app for more than one platform and drastically trims down the cost of developing, testing, QA, and maintenance.
◉ User-friendly Interfacing
Customization of all the visible objects like shadows, shapes, and colours and clipping or transforming of icons and images of the app is very easy when Flutter is used. Without any additional workloads, the entire application development process can be simplified by using Flutter.
◉ Different Themes For Every Platform
Despite having the same codebase, an app can have different themes and this is possible only when Flutter is used. Flutter comes with a wide array of mobile app themes for creating apps with different looks for various platforms.
◉ Reduced Time To App Development
Flutter has been designed in such a manner that it provides an extensive range of easy-to-access and ready-to-use app widgets so that the app can be customized swiftly. Also, the developers need not have to write the codes for every widget from scratch which helps in saving time.
◉ Easy Language
The language that Google Flutter uses is Dart which is derived from Google’s in-house language. Dart SDK is a general-purpose and one-source language; hence every developer finds this language quite simple as well as easy-to-access in comparison to other languages. Apart from developing mobile apps, Dart can be used to develop desktops, web, and mobile apps.
◉ Single Codebase
The ‘write the code once’ factor of Flutter sets it apart from other frameworks. Flutter changed the traditional method of writing codes. Now, the developers don’t have to write different codes for every single platform.
For both the iOS and Android app development, a single code can be used, which makes the development process easy and fast for the developers. This also enables the developers to quickly enhance the speed, app quality, and design.
◉ Easy App Testing & Maintenance
As a single codebase can be used for developing an app for multiple platforms, the developers need not have to test the app for every platform. Also, only one code has to be tested which saves plenty of time. With easy testing, the developers can check the mobile app deeply and accelerate the app deployment time.
The same thing is applicable when we talk about maintenance. Where different codebases are used for developing an app for multiple platforms, the developers have to go through each code which is time-consuming. But, in the case of Flutter-backed apps, a single codebase will demand maintenance. Once any issue or error is spotted, the developers can quickly correct them and the issue is fixed for all the platforms.
◉ Hot Reloading
Flutter is creating a buzz among the Flutter app developers and this is just because of its “Hot Reloading” feature or you can also say “Hot Restart” feature. Within seconds, the developers can view modifications in the code and see the app development progress simultaneously. Also, they can fix bugs faster. The modifications and fixings are done so quickly that it trims down the reloading time on emulators, simulators as well as hardware for Android and iOS platforms.
Putting it concisely, the above-stated functionalities and features of Flutter will surely encourage you to probe further to discover more about its core systems. Definitely, the results will impress you and you will opt for the Flutter app.
As of now, when you have gained deep insight into the benefits of Flutter, you should now have a look at the companies that are having Flutter app:
- Google Ads
- Alibaba
- Reflectly
- Hookle
- Hamilton Musical
- Watermaniac
- PostMuse
- Cryptograph
- AppTree
- Bitfolio
- SG Bustracker
- SpaceX Go!
Apps That Can Be Build Using Flutter
The biggest advantage of Flutter is that it is not limited to the development of only mobile apps. Various other apps can be easily, convenient, and quickly built with the help of Flutter.
◉ Web Apps
‘HummingBird’ is a project that was launched by the Flutter community with an aim to build graphics-rich and highly interactive web apps. On Dec’18, while launching Flutter 1.0, the Google Flutter team officially disclosed the upcoming goals and plans in Flutter that included the development of web apps with Flutter.
Know more: Mobile App or Web App – Which One Should Be Developed First?
◉ Desktop Apps
While taking the advantage of Flutter SDK’s features, the app developers are building desktop apps. Flutter was programmed targeting the development of apps for almost all the devices that include Android, iOS, macOS, Linux, and Windows using a single codebase.
◉ IoT (Internet of Things) Apps
The integration of Flutter SDK with IoT components can be done with ease enabling the development of modern apps. Despite being a new framework, Flutter gained immense popularity after the launch of Flutter 1.7 (May 2019).
Wrapping Up
Considering Flutter as the game-changer or extremist in the world of app development won’t be wrong. It bestows a wide range of opportunities for the Flutter app development company that is into developing all types of apps for multiple platforms. Besides this, it helps in saving resources, time, and money as well. For those startups and entrepreneurs having budget limitations, Flutter is just like a blessing as it will help them to build an app within budget while meeting all their app needs. Without wasting time any further, hire the best Flutter app development services offering company and get started with a Flutter-powered app.
Ankit Patel is a Director of Sales & Marketing at XongoLab Technologies LLP and PeppyOcean, A leading mobile app development companies. In his free time, He likes to write articles about technology, marketing, business, web, and mobile. His articles featured on YourStory, E27, Datafloq, JaxEnter, TechTarget, eLearningAdobe, DesignWebKit, InstantShift, Business Magazine, SimpleProgrammer, and many more.
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