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I assume you wrote this in Swift right ? (seems it would have been painful in Obj-C). But then you would now need to re-write your app once again from scratch i

I assume you wrote this in Swift right ? (seems it would have been painful in Obj-C). But then you would now need to re-write your app once again from scratch in Java (or now Kotlin) if you want your app to run on Android.

valuearb 9y ago
Believe me I thought about cross platform. If I had chosen that route I certainly wouldn't have used web views, I would have probably used Xamarin. But ultimately my plan was to try Kotlin, and full rewrite so it was as optimal as possible.
- swah 9y ago
  > But ultimately my plan was to try Kotlin Didn't get this - you will write an Android version? Also, do you think two apps (one in Kotlin and another in Swift) can be done faster than a React Native (JS + platform specific code) that works on both, due to the tooling being so mature for each platform?
  - valuearb 9y ago
    No, I think React Native should be faster. But my concern again is how much control it offers. I don't want to get coded into a corner, and not be able to address certain parts of the user experience as well as possible. But I admit my exposure to RN is very limited, one sample app project. I'm starting a new job next week, and ironically I'm planning to ask if they've considered react native.
jaegerpicker 9y ago
I'm not the Author but that's likely true though it could be in C++ and shared between the platforms. In a bigger sense I don't understand why people make it such a big deal that you need to learn two languages. Swift and Kotlin are really simple to learn. Granted I've been programming for a long time (over 25 years and 19 professionally) but I've worked in at least 10 different languages over my career and learning a new one is ALWAYS the easiest part of working on a new platform.
- KingMob 9y ago
  I think the parent comment is criticizing the fact that you have to write an app twice, and not the languages per se.

valuearb 9y ago

Believe me I thought about cross platform. If I had chosen that route I certainly wouldn't have used web views, I would have probably used Xamarin. But ultimately my plan was to try Kotlin, and full rewrite so it was as optimal as possible.

swah 9y ago
> But ultimately my plan was to try Kotlin Didn't get this - you will write an Android version? Also, do you think two apps (one in Kotlin and another in Swift) can be done faster than a React Native (JS + platform specific code) that works on both, due to the tooling being so mature for each platform?
- valuearb 9y ago
  No, I think React Native should be faster. But my concern again is how much control it offers. I don't want to get coded into a corner, and not be able to address certain parts of the user experience as well as possible. But I admit my exposure to RN is very limited, one sample app project. I'm starting a new job next week, and ironically I'm planning to ask if they've considered react native.

jaegerpicker 9y ago

I'm not the Author but that's likely true though it could be in C++ and shared between the platforms. In a bigger sense I don't understand why people make it such a big deal that you need to learn two languages. Swift and Kotlin are really simple to learn. Granted I've been programming for a long time (over 25 years and 19 professionally) but I've worked in at least 10 different languages over my career and learning a new one is ALWAYS the easiest part of working on a new platform.

KingMob 9y ago
I think the parent comment is criticizing the fact that you have to write an app twice, and not the languages per se.