I’m sure those are all great cross-platform solutions, and Qt in particular has been around forever and predates smartphones, but you never hear about high-profile app examples that use them. Unlike React Native, which has lost more high-profile companies that previously tried them than I’ve ever heard of any firm using Xamarin.
I wonder why is that. Doubtlessly you can make great apps with say NativeScript, or in Pascal with Delphi or Lazarus, but no one chooses those frameworks for some reason.
> but you never hear about high-profile app examples that use them.
part of the reason for that is that a bunch of companies are paying TQTC for their tech stack not being known. But if you are looking for high-profile stuff using Qt, how about :
but generally speaking, it is not in the DNA of Qt-using companies to post nice articles on reddit / HN which has the pernicious effect of reducing its place in the dev mind marketshare and making it harder to hire...
Can you explain what you mean about React Native? If I understand, you're saying more companies have tried and then abandoned React Native than Xamarin? Can you provide evidence of this please?
Sure. The major apps that were previously using React Native are AirBnB and Udacity, who are fairly prominent as far as startups go. As far as companies currently using the framework, they are respectably impressive:
I wonder why is that. Doubtlessly you can make great apps with say NativeScript, or in Pascal with Delphi or Lazarus, but no one chooses those frameworks for some reason.