Software · 2018-09-20

Google announces Flutter Release Preview 2

Attn, developers. Google announced in Shanghai, China that it was revealing Flutter Release Preview 2. Flutter is Google’s mobile app SDK for crafting native interfaces on iOS & Android. It works with existing code,&  is used by developers & organizations around the world, is free & open source.

 

What’s New in Release Preview 2

The theme for this release is pixel-perfect iOS apps. While we designed Flutter with highly brand-driven, tailored experiences in mind, we heard feedback from some of you who wanted to build applications that closely follow the Apple interface guidelines. So in this release we’ve greatly expanded our support for the “Cupertino” themed controls in Flutter, with an extensive library of widgets and classes that make it easier than ever to build with iOS in mind.

Here are a few of the new iOS-themed widgets added in Flutter Release Preview 2:

Another improvement is a reduction of up to 30% in the application package size on both Android & iOS. The minimal Flutter app on Android now weighs in at just 4.7MB when built in release mode, a savings of 2MB from the earlier version.

Flutter’s hot reload helps you quickly and easily experiment, build UIs, add features, & fix bugs faster.

Source & Image credit: Google

 

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