Canonical chooses Flutter to build future Ubuntu apps

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Flutter will become Canonical’s default choice for future mobile and desktop application development. It is necessary to briefly introduce Flutter to users who don’t know much about it. Flutter is an open-source UI SDK created by Google to help developers who want to build applications for Android, Linux, Mac, iOS, Windows, Google Fuchsia, and other operating systems.
Through Flutter, developers can get an easy-to-use mobile and desktop application development experience, and can quickly develop applications for desktop, mobile, and web applications.
Canonical is an avid supporter of Flutter. A year ago, Canonical cooperated with Google, and earlier this year provided the Flutter SDK as Snap on Linux. Snap is a general software deployment and package management system for Ubuntu and other GNU/Linux distributions.
Ken VanDine is a member of the Canonical Ubuntu desktop team. He appeared in Google’s recent Flutter Engage event and conveyed the company’s full support for this technology.

Ken says: “We feel Flutter is up for the task, and choosing it for the installer is telling the world that choosing Flutter for Linux apps is a great choice,” said Ken VanDine. “Flutter is the default choice for future desktop and mobile apps created by Canonical.”

For a framework, this is a considerable promise. However, it was not until a few months ago that this framework was used on the Linux desktop under the joint efforts of Ubuntu and Google. Compared with the technology currently used, Flutter still lacks sufficient stability on Ubuntu.

Even so, Canonical clearly sees the potential of Flutter. Canonical also announced last month that they are rewriting the installer with Flutter for future Ubuntu releases. This will enable Canonical to provide a consistent installation experience across the entire Ubuntu product line. Canonical will devote itself to this technology in the future.

Via: omgubuntu

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