December 4, 2018
Flutter 1.0 released
Google released Flutter 1.0 on December 4, 2018 at Flutter Live — a UIUser interface — the parts of software people see and interact with. toolkit for building native apps from a single Dart codebase.
What it was for
Flutter compiles to native ARMA CPU architecture family known for energy efficiency — dominates smartphones and growing in servers and laptops. code on iOSApple's mobile operating system — runs iPhone and iPad with a sandboxed app ecosystem. and AndroidGoogle's open mobile operating system — the dominant platform for smartphones worldwide. with a custom rendering engine (Skia) — hot reload, Material/Cupertino widgets, and one codebase for mobile, web, and desktop. It became the main alternative to ReactA JavaScript library for building UIs — component trees and declarative rendering for the web. Native for cross-platform mobile apps.
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Why it's here
Flutter 1.0 made cross-platform native UIUser interface — the parts of software people see and interact with. a Google-backed product, not an experiment.
Why it mattered
It proved custom rendering could beat WebView bridges for mobile performance.
What it solved
TeamsMicrosoft Teams — chat, video calls, and Office integration for workplace collaboration. maintained separate iOSApple's mobile operating system — runs iPhone and iPad with a sandboxed app ecosystem. and AndroidGoogle's open mobile operating system — the dominant platform for smartphones worldwide. UIs or accepted hybrid WebView limitations.
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Related
- Dart language unveiled at GOTOOctober 10, 2011
- Dart 3 releasedMay 10, 2023
- React open-sourced at JSConf USMay 29, 2013