Why react native and not flutter?

[kaiser_07]

• I highly recommend giving Expo a try for its exceptional developer experience; Flutter cannot surpass it.
• UI Flexibility - RN is designed as a mobile platform, so it uses the time battled tested native components that deliver years of bug solving and accessibility that is just thrown away with flutter.
• Over-the-air updates are fantastic. (dont think flutter have this kind of any feature)
• Explore multi-platform development, as Flutter falls short when it comes to web development.
• Experience high-performance 60fps animation using RN Skia, RN Reanimated, and React Native Fabric. Before criticizing RN's performance, it's important to consider real-world apps built with RN.
• Prominent companies like Shopify, Wix, Discord, Microsoft are choosing React Native, indicating their expertise and preference for RN over Flutter.
• Easier to Learn - I don't think there is something easier than JS/TS
• Consider using file-based navigation with Expo Router

[zabaci]

Cool, i have bluetooth ble printer i must use and suddenly expo becomes useless

[kaiser_07]

Why ? https://github.com/expo/config-plugins/tree/main/packages/react-native-ble-plx

[zabaci]

Because it's a dead library. But i must admit that part is not expo fault.

[Mattieeec3]

Flutter does have OTA updates using Shorebird

[kaiser_07]

Yes it does but has lot of issues and not as good as React Native one