Why You Should Sometimes Avoid Cross-Platform Development
Picture this: you’re building a digital product that needs to run on both iOS and Android. Your brain screams “Cross-platform! One codebase! Half the work!” – but hold that thought. While frameworks like Flutter and React Native have their charms, there are times when this approach becomes the development equivalent of wearing swim fins to a ballet. Let’s dive into why cross-platform development isn’t always the golden ticket. When Performance Takes Center Stage Cross-platform apps often suffer from the “translator problem” – your code gets interpreted through an abstraction layer before reaching native hardware....