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Swift is just a programming language, I thought?

• v5v3 1y ago
  Yes. Unless I am also mistaken, they are seeking to make a supported language to android development. Which will save mobile devs having to learn two languages, and also allow reuse of code.
  • mattl 1y ago
    Yeah Swift isn’t SwiftUI.
    • bestouff 1y ago
      That's theoretically right, but all concrete examples I've seen so far use some generic UI framework that don't work well.
      • mattl 1y ago
        Why would it be any different to C or C++?
        • bestouff 1y ago
          I guess it's not.
  • mhast 1y ago
    Kotlin multiplatform has been around for some time if you want that. But I guess it makes sense to be able to approach it from the other end as well if you're mainly an iOS shop.
    • v5v3 1y ago
      It's the only approach that can be taken, as Android being open source can make Swift a first class supported language. Apple will be apple.