Flutter 1.0: Google's software development toolkit

Google launched Flutter 1.0 on 4th December 2018. It is an open source mobile application development SDK created by Google. Flutter helps in developing applications for Android and iOS. Flutter 1.0 is also the first stable release of Google’s software development toolkit for creating beautiful, native experiences for iOS and Android from a single code base.

Introducing Flutter 1.0

Flutter 1.0 is an app engine you can either embed into an existing app or use for a new app. It does not replace the traditional apple and android app models for building mobile apps. Flutter went through six previews before 1.0 release. It was first announced as an early alpha at Google’s I/O developers conference in May 2017. The first beta arrived in February and then followed by two more. Google built flutter apps using the Dart programming language.

Characteristics of Flutter SDK:

Flutter enables you to build beautiful apps -Google enables designers to deliver their full creative vision without being interrupted by limitations of the underlying framework. Flutter lets you control every pixel on the screen. Also, its powerful capabilities let you cover the surface and animated graphics, video, text, and controls without limitation. Flutter includes a full set of widgets that deliver pixel perfect experiences on both iOS and Android.

Flutter is very fast- They powered Flutter 1.0 by the same hardware-accelerated Skia 2D graphics engine that underpins Chrome and Android. Google Developers architected Flutter to support glitch-free, jank-free graphics at the native speed of your device. World-class Dart platform sponsors the Flutter language, which enables compilation to native 32-bit and 64-bit ARM code for iOS and Android.

Flutter is productive- Flutter introduces stateful hot reload, a new capability for mobile developers and designers to iterate on their apps in real time. With stateful hot reload, you can change the code of your app and see the results instantly without restarting your app or losing its state.

Flutter is open-Flutter is an open source project with a BSD-style license. It includes the contributions of hundreds of developers from around the world. There’s a vibrant ecosystem of thousands of plug-ins.