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I love Flutter, but I'm still slightly reluctant to go for full adoption until I see a firm commitment to Dart. If Google makes Dart the main SDK language for A

by hliyan 8y ago

I love Flutter, but I'm still slightly reluctant to go for full adoption until I see a firm commitment to Dart. If Google makes Dart the main SDK language for Android (like Swift on iOS), that'll do it!

farmerbb 8y ago
Not going to happen, considering Google's commitment to supporting Kotlin for Android development over the past couple of years.
netdur 8y ago
Google is moving away from Android, the replacement has Dart built-in.
- pjmlp 8y ago
  Google is porting Android to run on Fuchsia as well, similar to ChromeOS.
- SneakerXZ 8y ago
  Fuchsia tries to be language agnostic thanks to FIDL. Dart will be one of many options.
- hliyan 8y ago
  What is the "replacement"?
damian2000 8y ago
The reply from a Google employee when asked this question was to look at the Google AdWords team - they have invested heavily in Flutter for their Google Ads app on iOS and Android. He basically said Flutter will be supported for 10+ years as a minimum.
- pjmlp 8y ago
  The AdWords team is the one that rescued Dart 1.0 project from being completely canceled, after the Chrome and Angular teams no longer cared.
Outpox 8y ago
I've worked quite a bit with Dart on my time the past year and it was great. Being a JS/TS developper I found my mark pretty quickly. However as it's not _that_ popular and the online resources (be it SO questions or articles) are a bit scarce and the most recent one are usually centered around Flutter and not just Dart. I'll keep playing with it and if the possibility would occur I'd happily work full time with Dart.