{"id":6533,"date":"2021-03-24T07:04:20","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T07:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itpathsolutions.com\/?p=6533"},"modified":"2021-07-22T12:37:00","modified_gmt":"2021-07-22T12:37:00","slug":"how-flutter-2-0-will-impact-your-app-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itpathsolutions.com\/how-flutter-2-0-will-impact-your-app-development\/","title":{"rendered":"How Flutter 2.0 Will Impact Your App Development"},"content":{"rendered":"

For cross-platform app development, Flutter is the go-to choice for many top developers and app entrepreneurs as it provides exciting features, relatively easy to develop, and is more cost-effective than developing dedicated apps for platforms such as iOS & Android.<\/p>\n

Flutter<\/a> is a toolkit developed by Google<\/a> for cross-platform app development. With cross-platform app development<\/a>, you can develop one app that can be used for both Android & iOS. With Flutter, you can develop a robust app that has all the features. The limitations are going to be about your budget and timeline to add the requisite features. It is preferred by many startups to large-scale enterprises. Check out some of the major brands using Flutter for their apps.<\/p>\n

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Some major apps developed in Flutter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Right now, on Github<\/a>, Flutter has nearly 117K stars which explains its popularity with developers across the board. As per Statista<\/a>, the popularity of Flutter has increased by 9% in 2020 as compared to other cross-platform app development platforms.<\/p>\n

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Source: Statista<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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What Is Flutter 2.0<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n

Google officially launched Flutter 2.0 in an event named, Flutter Engage. The main point of launching Flutter 2.0<\/a> was to announce the new capabilities of Flutter 2.0 that will allow app developers to launch apps on all platforms, mobile, web, and tablets and cover almost all major operating systems. Keeping in mind the burgeoning IoT field, Flutter has also enabled developers to develop apps for cars, TVs, and smart homes.<\/p>\n

What Is New in Flutter 2.0<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n

The main feature of Flutter 2.0 is that it will now enable developers to develop apps and web applications instead of developing apps for just iOS and Android. Almost all OS such as Windows, Chrome OS, Linux, Mac is compatible with Flutter 2.0.<\/p>\n

Let’s take a look at some of the major features in Flutter 2.0<\/p>\n

Web Development in Flutter 2.0<\/b><\/span><\/h1>\n

Robust web development with 2D & 3D capabilities is now possible with Flutter 2.0.<\/p>\n

Developers can use an HTML renderer and a canvas-based Kit renderer. Widgets enable app-like features inside mobile browsers.<\/p>\n

For developers this allows them to reuse the mobile app code on the web platform saving development hours for both developers and clients.<\/p>\n

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Flutter 2.0 offers significant cross device usage options<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sound Null Safety<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n

With Sound Null Safety,<\/a> developers can control where the null value will flow and prevent unwarranted crashes. This doesn’t replace or remove null values but gives more control to developers on where to deploy and not deploy null values.<\/p>\n

Desktop Features<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n

Flutter has now enabled desktop applications with a native experience. For desktop, many features such as keyboard events, mouse usage, text selection are now available for developers.<\/p>\n

Inbuilt Google Ads SDK<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n

Although this is still in beta, this SDK can allow developers to include inline and native ads and integration with the ads manager. Ads will be served as per the platform such as web and mobile.<\/p>\n

Platform Independent Apps<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n

Flutter will now support platforms such as iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, Linux along with various input methods such as keyboard, mouse, touch screens. Various screen sizes of the devices will also be supported.<\/p>\n

Enhanced iOS Specific Features:<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n