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isn't this kind of what Flutter is? a (relatively big) framework to just draw frames to a barebones Android app.


On a technicality, yes, but I think most developers who use it do so because of the large collection of React-style user interface components which are built into it. Now that Jetpack Compose exists (which allows for traditional Java-based widgets to be used in a 'reactive' way), personally I don't see any reason to use Flutter. That 'drawing directly' aspect puts Flutter apps several years behind in terms of performance, accessibility and reliability, since pretty much everything in the Android API needs to be reimplemented in Dart.




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