Flutter does not require any introduction, especially when it is four-year-old now. It is Google’s open-source software with C++ and DART programming languages. It is pretty similar to Kotlin.
Business niche/vertical/industry does not matter. It could be retail, education, on-demand delivery, provision of services – anything. Overall, the end-user does not check the backend language before downloading-installing-using-discarding a mobile application.
Let me explain what Flutter can do?
It allows the creation of native mobile applications with a single code. This property makes it applicable for cross-platform app development. But apps made with Flutter are way better than React Native and Ionic. You can create an ‘Android App’ and ‘iOS App’ with one code.
Flutter comes with a Software Development Kit (SDK) and a UI library of widgets. These tools assist in compiling the code into native machine code, and reusable UI elements like buttons, text inputs, sliders customize the application.
Being an alternate hybrid app development framework, Flutter accompanies (1) Single codebase, (2) widget tree, (3) pixel rendering, (4) hot reload, (5) API for desktop (yet to support), (6) 2D-rendering engine that has ready-made widgets and development tools. These components work together to assist in designing, creating, testing, and debugging apps.
The app built with Flutter is robust and reliable. Many examples include – Alibaba, Google Ads (utility), Xianyu by Alibaba (eCommerce), Reflectly (Lifestyle), Birch Finance (Finance), Hamilton Music (Entertainment), and Hookle (Social) etc.
Flutter facilitates beautiful animations, fast performance, controls every pixel on the screen, develops an interactive user interface, brings productivity, quicker allocation, object orientation, high performance, and hot reloading.
How can Flutter help in Enterprise Application Development?
Any ‘small’ – ‘mid-level organizations’ – ‘progressive start-ups’ who intend to create large applications can go for enterprise app development. Enterprise applications are designed for a specific use – catering to various operations within an enterprise.
Flutter is ready for enterprise app development with no hybrid code requirement. Flutter allows administrators to handle data centrally, implement wide-scale automation, and maintain a smooth workflow. Such applications accompany features – (1) high security, (2) seamless UI design, and (3) robust framework to ensure high performance. Flutter’s Layered architecture, Development environment, User interface, Hardware features, and App security ensure better functionality. It makes users access – (1) design patterns, (2) code, and (3) app features. Flutter offers easy and secure networking to web resources, local storage, SQLite databases, and access to hardware via library plugins.
Why do we encourage you to use Flutter for enterprise application development?
There are many reasons; stay tuned:
- Flutter’s app architecture comes with a Provider framework and state management approaches such as Redux, BLoC, InheritedWidget and setState.
- RxDart integrates Flutter with state management frameworks.
- Flutter allows computationally intensive tasks while maintaining UI responsiveness at the same time.
- Pure DART implementation does not include background processing. Therefore, you may need to adopt native platform features that are just beyond a pure DART implementation.
- Flutter utilizes dependency injection to make the code units independent and reusable. Its design patterns ease testing the code. GetIT locator is a simple to use DI library that works seamlessly with the state management framework to ensure the separation of the app layers.
- JSON serialization/deserialization is helpful to any RESTful client.
- Deep Linking offers proper navigation from a website or a push notification to launch specific areas within the app.
- Local Storage in Flutter helps the app to run in the background or when it stops.
- The use of SQLite can help in structuring larger data chunks.
- Push Notifications require backend integration that informs users about due dates, reminders etc.
- Developers select ‘Android Studio/IntelliJ’ and ‘Visual Studio Code‘ for their Flutter IDE. These IDE’s help developers to build – deploy – performance profiles.
- Flutter scales to assimilate DART packages to provide the functionality of external libraries.
- Flutter projects re-factor into Flutter Dart packages that make it easy to scale up by dividing a big task into smaller teams.
- Flutter widgets are easily testable via unit tests, widget tests or integration testing tools with maximum test coverage in available time and resources.
- Flutter comes with an excellent toolset for Android and iOS to deploy apps to Google Play Store and Apple Store.
- Enterprise applications focus on providing an excellent user interface. To make UI interactive – add more animations, page transitions, paging or infinite scrolling list view, image loading, caching library, provide more access to Google and Apple Maps on Flutter mobile applications.
- You’ll require your enterprise app to support hardware along with the software features. Access to camera, accelerometer, GPS, Biometric authentication including fingerprint and Face ID, Microphone
- You may consider mobile app security – Flutter has inherent security features to implement biometrics, thumbprint, two-level password, SSL Pinning via Simple Auth. Consider service providers like – Amazon, Facebook, GitHub, Google, Dropbox, Azure Active Directory, LinkedIn, Instagram and Microsoft Live Connect etc.
- Also, consider other miscellaneous requirements like analytics (Adobe or Firebase), Error reporting (Sentry Library), Third-party or open-source libraries, generating QR codes, accessing personal details, sharing app details, allowing camera or location while using the app, sending SMS or multimedia, making in-app payments using the Square in-app payment SDK.
Conclusive: Why does Flutter App Development go beyond Android and iOS?
Mobile app development companies in Flutter have to spend their maximum time deploying their apps to respective Android and iOS platforms. It is preliminary to discern building, signing apps, and provision profiles for implementing a successful Flutter App.
Flutter for enterprise apps is scaling up from Android and iOS to support web, macOS, Windows, and Linux platforms. It makes deploying an app seamless with one code across platforms and yet performs well.
If you wish to leverage the potential of Flutter, you already have a wide choice across widgets, with an idea to make it responsive across screens and platforms, keeping the same code. Don’t miss the chance to consult our Flutter Developers for free!