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Bingo. Very few companies have had any form of success in multi platform development tools. Netflix probably will simply because their app logic is generally s

Bingo. Very few companies have had any form of success in multi platform development tools. Netflix probably will simply because their app logic is generally so incredibly simple compared to others. (View list, select video, play video) sure there’s some complex backend logic and streaming tech but overall the app is simple. $5 says the iOS app isn’t THAT common however. To be honest, I’m kinda surprised they don’t just go Cordova, one platform for all.

m3kw9 6y ago
Yeah, often is easier to just have a good requirements doc and have iOS and Android team + qa make sure it is adhering.
myko 6y ago
> Cordova It's usually pretty easy to tell Cordova apps from native apps. The quality is wildly different and they tend to "feel" wrong, even to users who aren't super technical. I would never recommend that route unless you're on a shoestring (<$10k) budget. Even then I'd recommend Flutter first.
- The_rationalist 6y ago
  This is a myth, repeating it amplify it but doesn't make it more true. Moreover Cordova is outdated and you should compare the current state of the art which is Ionic/Capacitor. Contrary to flutter it doesn't feel wrong and actually doesn't have big performance issues contrary to the former. The fastest 2D renderer (skia) is made for chromium and second class citizen such as flutter are doomed to be inferior, plus their human resources are lacking. Example of an not so old, non production-ready issue: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/31138 https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/31138
  - myko 6y ago
    It isn't a myth. I've seen examples of recently created Cordova apps that feel like broken web pages, not real mobile applications. I suppose it would be possible to make one that isn't bad, but that seems like more effort than just making a native app in the first place. It seems weird to say Cordova being a poor experience is a myth and then to say Flutter will always be bad. Flutter is already lightyears ahead of Cordova. I don't know anyone shipping Capacitor projects, so can't really compare that.
    - andrekandre 6y ago
      > I don't know anyone shipping Capacitor projects, so can't really compare that. as someone who was tasked with porting a cordova app to native (android), i can second this opinion (as a dev and user) edit: sorry, i mistook "capacitor" or "cordova" (^_^;)
nl 6y ago
This isn't the Netflix app. It's this: https://help.prodicle.com/hc/en-us https://help.prodicle.com/hc/en-us

m3kw9 6y ago

Yeah, often is easier to just have a good requirements doc and have iOS and Android team + qa make sure it is adhering.

myko 6y ago

> Cordova It's usually pretty easy to tell Cordova apps from native apps. The quality is wildly different and they tend to "feel" wrong, even to users who aren't super technical. I would never recommend that route unless you're on a shoestring (<$10k) budget. Even then I'd recommend Flutter first.

The_rationalist 6y ago
This is a myth, repeating it amplify it but doesn't make it more true. Moreover Cordova is outdated and you should compare the current state of the art which is Ionic/Capacitor. Contrary to flutter it doesn't feel wrong and actually doesn't have big performance issues contrary to the former. The fastest 2D renderer (skia) is made for chromium and second class citizen such as flutter are doomed to be inferior, plus their human resources are lacking. Example of an not so old, non production-ready issue: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/31138 https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/31138
- myko 6y ago
  It isn't a myth. I've seen examples of recently created Cordova apps that feel like broken web pages, not real mobile applications. I suppose it would be possible to make one that isn't bad, but that seems like more effort than just making a native app in the first place. It seems weird to say Cordova being a poor experience is a myth and then to say Flutter will always be bad. Flutter is already lightyears ahead of Cordova. I don't know anyone shipping Capacitor projects, so can't really compare that.
  - andrekandre 6y ago
    > I don't know anyone shipping Capacitor projects, so can't really compare that. as someone who was tasked with porting a cordova app to native (android), i can second this opinion (as a dev and user) edit: sorry, i mistook "capacitor" or "cordova" (^_^;)

nl 6y ago

This isn't the Netflix app. It's this: https://help.prodicle.com/hc/en-us https://help.prodicle.com/hc/en-us