[Cloudef]

I've recently been playing with flutter and I like it more than react-native. React-native feels kind of a hack job, and the resulting program isn't really that well optimized (both performance and size wise). Flutter seems like more thought out solution where react-native was afterthought for react. Both are very productive environments however.

[hunterb123]

I've had the opposite experience.

The only thing Flutter has going for it is the batteries included aspect, which can be a bad thing as well. I prefer the flexibility of the React stack, being able to match different libraries vs a framework. E.g. maybe you want a more native router, use Wix's native navigation, otherwise use react navigation. Maybe you love reactive programming, use observables, otherwise maybe generators for side effects.

The apps Flutter produces don't feel right, RN does have a more native feel since it uses native primitives. Kinda like wxWidgets vs QT. I'd rather use native controls than trying to mimic the look and feel of native (and keep up w/ changes). This is especially noticeable on iOS and even more so on web.

React Native was definitely not an after thought, it's simply another bridge. I've had great experience with all the bridges. RN for Windows / Mac (both the MS fork and Catalyst), and RN for Web.

I've made and work with a production React Native Web / React Native website and apps. It's been very pleasant to maintain apps and a website (desktop & mobile site) with one codebase.

[EvilEy3]

> I prefer the flexibility of the React stack, being able to match different libraries vs a framework.

No, just no.

[kevincox]

The problem with Flutter is that the result is absolutely unusable on web due to rendering to canvas. They implement maybe 2% of the non-appearance features that browsers do for native elements. I haven't heard of the HTML renderer but if that is coming it could be a compete game changer for the viability of Flutter-web outside of games.

[jadbox]

I'd like to say imho that Fluttter seams to have the reverse issue from react-native in that it isn't tuned for website rendering. Since Flutter has to redraw it's canvas for animations and user interactions, it can be slow for websites where the browser window is fairly large.