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Flutter and Kotlin are the two leading technologies used to build mobile applications<\/strong>. Flutter is a framework<\/strong>, while Kotlin is a programing language<\/strong>. A framework is used for particular problems. In Flutter, we can have several inbuilt functions to complete an application, and programming languages do not have any limit for app development. Here, we are going to compare the differences between Flutter and Kotlin based on the various parameters. Before making a comparison, we are going to discuss in brief about these technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What is Flutter?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Flutter\u00a0is a cross-platform UI toolkit that allows us to create fast, beautiful, natively compiled applications for mobile, web, and desktop using\u00a0Dart programming languages<\/strong>. It builds the app with one programing language and a single codebase. It is free and open-source. Google initially developed it in\u00a0May 2017<\/strong>\u00a0and now manages by an\u00a0ECMA standard<\/strong>. It is a growing technology in popularity to deliver excellent native experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Google introduced it as an SDK (software development kit) to create modern mobile apps for iOS and\u00a0Android. If we use Android Studio, it is integrated with inbuilt\u00a0Java\u00a0and Objective C and\u00a0Swift on iOS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Features of Flutter<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The following are the essential features of Flutter:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Open-Source:<\/strong> Flutter is an open-source framework for building desktop and mobile apps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cross-platform development:<\/strong> It allows the developer to write the code once and can run on different platforms. It saves the time, effort, and money of the developers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hot Reload:<\/strong> If we modified the Flutter code, the changes could be seen instantaneously with Hot Reload. Due to this feature, the developer can be able to fix the bugs instantly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Widgets:<\/strong> The widgets are used for developing customizable specific designs. Flutter has two sets of widgets: Material Design and Cupertino widgets that help to provide a glitch-free experience on all platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Accessible Native Features:<\/strong> This feature allows us to easily access the Flutter’s native code, third-party integration, and platform APIs for app development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minimal code:<\/strong>\u00a0Flutter uses the\u00a0Dart programming\u00a0with the JIT and AOT compilation method to improve the overall start-up time, functioning, and the performance of an app. JIT refreshes the UI without putting extra effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is Kotlin?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Kotlin\u00a0is a cross-platform, general-purpose, and open-source programming language. It is a\u00a0statically typed language<\/strong>\u00a0that runs on\u00a0JVM\u00a0and can be used everywhere Java is used. We can use it to develop Android apps, server-side apps, and much more. It is emerging as the most highly adopted technology. It was developed by\u00a0JetBrains<\/strong>\u00a0and released in 2010 with a small project. The first official release of Kotlin came in\u00a0February 2016<\/strong>. It was developed under the\u00a0Apache 2.0 license<\/strong>. Kotlin has a special feature named “Kotlin Multiplatform<\/strong>” that can be complied with the JVM bytecode, JavaScript, or LLVM code. The scope of the app developed in Kotlin is unlimited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Features of Kotlin<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Following are the features of Kotlin Language:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Concise:<\/strong> Kotlin language allows developers to reduce the writing of the extra codes that makes Kotlin more concise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Null safety:<\/strong> Kotlin is the null safety language. The main aim of this feature is to eliminate the NullPointerException from the code.Interoperable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interoperable:<\/strong> This feature allows the developer to easily calls the Java code as well as Java can also use the Kotlin code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smart cast:<\/strong> It explicitly typecasts the immutable values and inserts the value in its safe cast automatically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tool-friendly:<\/strong> We can build the Kotlin programs using the command line as well as any Java IDE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Extension function:<\/strong> Kotlin supports extension functions and extension properties that help to extend the functionality of classes without touching their code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flutter vs. Kotlin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The following comparison chart explains the main differences between Flutter and Kotlin:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Parameters<\/th>Flutter<\/th>Kotlin<\/th><\/tr>
Definition<\/td>It is a cross-platform mobile framework that provides mobile app SDK to the developers and designers to build modern mobile apps for iOS and Android.<\/td>It is detailed as statically typed programming language for the JVM, Android, and the browser. It is 100% interoperable with Java.<\/td><\/tr>
Developed By<\/td>It is a framework that was first introduced by Google.<\/td>It is a programing language that was first introduced by JetBrains.<\/td><\/tr>
Released<\/td>2017<\/td>2010<\/td><\/tr>
Language Stack<\/td>It uses Dart programming to build mobile apps.<\/td>It is itself a programing language that uses Java, JVM, JavaScript, and Native for creating applications.<\/td><\/tr>
Popularity<\/td>Its popularity on GitHub has 88.7k stars and 11.7k folks.<\/td>Its popularity on GitHub has 31.1k stars and 3.8k folks.<\/td><\/tr>
Performance<\/td>Its performance is amazing because it uses Dart programming, and there is no need to use JavaScript Bridge for starting interactions with the app.<\/td>Its performance is slow because it uses JavaScript and 100% interoperable in Java that decreases the speed of an application.<\/td><\/tr>
Learning Curve<\/td>In Flutter, developers must have to learn Dart programming to build an app.<\/td>It has an easy learning curve because it is very similar to Java.<\/td><\/tr>
Documentation<\/td>It has well organized and more informative documentation where we can get everything that we want in one place.<\/td>It also provides well-structured documentation to the developers. Since it is in the development phase, its libraries can be changed at any time.<\/td><\/tr>
Testing Support<\/td>It has a wide variety of testing features along with a unique widget testing feature.<\/td>Its main focus is to deliver backend development services and uses Firebase as a secure backend option.<\/td><\/tr>
Hot Reload<\/td>Supported<\/td>Not Supported<\/td><\/tr>
App Size<\/td>The size of the Flutter app is bigger.<\/td>The size of the Kotlin app takes less size as compared to Flutter.<\/td><\/tr>
Integration of third-party libraries and tools<\/td>Since Flutter is a UI tool, so it needs third-party libraries and tools to bridge a connection with the native environment.<\/td>It does not require third-party libraries and tools to bridge a connection with the native environment.<\/td><\/tr>
Pricing<\/td>It is entirely free to utilize Flutter system technologies and their libraries.<\/td>It is also free, so there is no better choice in this matrix.<\/td><\/tr>
Deployment Options<\/td>It can deploy on Mobile, Desktop, and Web.<\/td>It can deploy on Mobile, Desktop, and Web.<\/td><\/tr>
Popular Apps<\/td>Hamilton, Google Ads, Alibaba, Cryptograph, etc.<\/td>Pinterest, Coursera, Evernote, etc.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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