Flutter for Enterprise App Development

Today, businesses of all sizes are transitioning their services to compact, digital mobile app solutions to reach a massive global user base. When speaking of mobile app development, Flutter has been a debatable topic since its foundation with its cross-platform development concept. To date, Flutter has been widely used for startup and mid-level business app development due to its cost efficiency. But now, it seems like Flutter is all set to rock even in enterprise-grade app development and entering the golden period of ruling the mobile development realm. The recent Statista survey shows the continuously increasing popularity of Flutter as a cross-platform development framework among mobile app developers – with popularity figures of 30% (2019), 39% (2020), and 42% (2021). If this adoption rate continues to increase, then by 2022, Flutter might cross 50% popularity among app developers. The statistics also show an intense competition between Flutter and React Native in cross-platform app development. Soon, like React Native, Flutter will also gain more importance for enterprise app development than just being a choice. Worry not! This blog will solve all your queries! This guide spotlights all facts shouting for the extended application of Flutter for enterprise app development. As we are on the topic of the extended application of flutter in enterprise IT development, let’s first briefly understand its concept and the reasons behind its popularity among developers. Flutter Being “Hero” Among Developers Does Flutter really need any introduction? Definitely not! This Google open-source hybrid app development framework supporting C, C++, and Dart programming languages, has always been a hot discussion topic among developers. Why? Flutter is Google’s UI toolkit (a bundle of Software Development Kit and customizable Widget UI libraries) for building native-like apps for all platforms, by writing a single codebase for all. Though it supports C, C++, and Dart, most app developers prefer to go with Dart extensively. So, the question arises, “Why did Flutter choose to go with Dart programming language?” A revised question, “Why do developers prefer to use a dart in flutter app development?” Dart is an object-oriented and web-based programming language. Nowadays, Dart is replacing Kotlin in mobile app development. The reason? It eliminates the need for XML and JSX – like declarative layout languages. An Ahead of Time functionality of Dart makes it fast to be compiled (thus, known as Just-In-Time Compiler), which eventually boosts Flutter performance with next-level customizable widgets and object-oriented functionality. As per google’s survey done in 2020, there were around 2 million flutter developers, among which 5,00,000 developers use the Flutter Software Development Kit dedicatedly. Being a cross platform app development framework, Flutter benefits developers in many ways with: Single Codebase: Write code once for all devices (mobile, web, and desktop) with a native feel. Widget Tree Structure: An actual tree data structure in code formed by combining many stateless widgets in an easy organizational manner. Hot Reloading: Helps developers to frame UI and quickly find and resolve the app code bug. Pixel Rendering: Uses pre-built libraries and widget UI kits to ease the pixel rendering implementation and better control pixels on the screen. i.e., 2D rendering engine. There are other reasons also for developers to pick Flutter over many cross platform app development frameworks. Also, read about the effectiveness of Flutter in mobile app development and its role in startup app development. Big Enterprises That Have Used Flutter In Their Massive-Scale Project Flutter enables businesses with many technical and user-side features and functionalities, including creative animation implementation, cutting-edge app performance, controlling app screen pixels, and much more. Therefore, many businesses and famous brands choose Flutter for their mission-critical application development. Google Pay: Online payment transaction and reward collection application that has used Flutter to manage a massive user base. Alibaba Group: To developXianyu app – a Cloud-based Goods E-commerce platform – used Flutter to ease the app development process. BMW: Scaling up their Vehicle Companion App to all global mobile OS users (BMW automobile users). eBay Motors: Online car selling and buying platform – used flutter to speed up their software development. Dream 11: Online fantasy cricket playing platform developed in Flutter that supports over 50 million fantasy sports users in India. Tencent: Used Flutter to provide front-end support to its several underdevelopment app projects to improve development efficiency, increase app parity generation, and boost developer experience. Abbey Road Studio – Reinvented the songwriting process with Flutter Beike – Online housing solutions – solved over 300 million family housing problems ByteDance – Chinese internet technology platform that has increased by 33% app development productivity and reduced by 5% app development package size. CrowdSource – Google AI and ML training app providing users a gamified experience. With Flutter, this app has increased the total addressable market by 23%, reduced code size by 50%, and boosted development speed by 100%. Hamilton – An American musical app that allows its audience to experience music beyond the theater. There are other big software projects as well, developed using Flutter, including Toyota, iRobot, 4 Pics 1 Word, Nubank, Patch Me: Eye Patch Tracking, Push, QuintoAndar, Reflectly, Rive, Robert Felker: Generative Art, Stadia, Supernova, Wallace & Gromit AR, etc. Why Use Flutter For Enterprise App Development? Okay, Knowledge Alert ⚠️! Do enterprise applications belong only to large-scale businesses? Absolutely not! Enterprise applications are for all sizes of businesses – progressive startups, medium-scale businesses, and large-scale enterprises, built for a massive user base but by considering specific applications and extensive cybersecurity. With enterprise apps, admins have full control over managing data centrally, initiating organization process-wide automation, and enforcing an event-driven approach when required. Flutter has more than 4000 libraries and big support from the open source community, which makes it the best fit for massive-scale enterprise app development. To give more emphasis on Flutter enterprise software development, let’s understand the enterprise mobile app development requirements that Flutter fulfills and becomes a lucrative option. Layered Architecture for Proven Efficiency An enterprise app follows a layered architecture of interconnected layers for better presentation layer, service