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by edf13 3026 days ago
Bad - on the very bad side of things
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tomatsu 3026 days ago
It's a few KB with Cordova/Phonegap. However, startup is bad, performance is bad, and testing is terrible.

Also, making UIs with HTML/CSS/JS really isn't that nice. The workflow with Flutter is way more streamlined.

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sever 3026 days ago
Why is that a problem? Phones have gigs of space.
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pritambaral 3026 days ago
Not all phones. And not that many gigs. And not all mobile networks have so much data bandwidth. At least not where I am.
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sever 3026 days ago
Ah, I see. Well, FWIW it starts at 7 MB, and then I presume grows at the same rate as a native app as it gets more complicated.
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edf13 3026 days ago
It's not just about the storage space (That in itself is a problem though...).

The download can also be an issue, especially when downloading over cell... more so in a rural or other poor signal area.

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tomatsu 3026 days ago
Yea, it's not a problem. Even more so if you can install apps onto SD cards. There is lots of room on my 32 GB card. I could literally install thousands of simple Flutter apps.
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