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by ryanwaggoner 2943 days ago
Eh. People have been saying this about cross-platform frameworks for what, 25 years?

“Build once, compile everywhere!”

They all come and go, but native seems to always win in the end. It seems like the hierarchy over the last couple decades in terms of “market share” for successful projects is: web > native app > hybrid app. I really doubt any framework is going to change that, or become all that dominant within what is basically a small niche.

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Flutter is the native toolkit on Fuchsia though. If (as some expect) Fuchsia is the Android successor (or somehow merges with Android) then we will be in a different situation.

The native UI toolkit that powers 85% of all mobile devices will then also be usable on the remaining 15%. That changes the equation for all but the most high profile iOS apps.