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Jyotirmaya Sahu
Jyotirmaya Sahu

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Is Native development is really better than cross-platform frameworks like flutter & React Native?

Today, I came accross a post in Medium where the author has explained why native development is better than cross-platform frameworks like flutter and react native, although they really help to increase productivity.

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I would like to know what everyone thinks, and what should be choosen or preferred in certain cases.

Kindly provide your views on the topic.

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ENSAR DUMAN

cross platform framework are not clearly enough for develop a mobile application. even you are developing cross platform you need to know how to develop native applications. sometimes it's necessary to make something as spesific in native side.

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Byron Fitzgerald

It all depends on what your constraints are. If you are a small business that need coverage on both apple and android devices, and don't have a massive budget cross platform is the obvious choice.

However if you have the budget or your app needs to lean heavily on native functionality you're probably better off going for native development.

The most common argument against cross platform is that the app runs slower than a native app. On paper that's true, but it's easy enough for a developer to create a poorly optimised app.

Ultimately it comes down to your team, budget and requirements on the app. It's not a one size fits all situation.

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Jyotirmaya Sahu

Yes, Thank you for your help here.