> Google Pay switched to Flutter a few months ago for their flagship mobile app, and they already achieved major gains in productivity and quality.
I don't know how they can claim this. The new Google Pay on Android was noticeably laggier the moment it was released. It continues to be so, and I still hate using it. Now I know the cause.
I don't auto-update any Google app anymore. The amount of bloat keeps piling up with each new update. Google's Product Managers, as great as they are, need to seriously slowdown a bit.
The initial GPay Flutter release definitely had some performance rough spots. We've learned a lot from working with that team since release and have made resulting changes in both Flutter and the app code.
GPay hasn't released since December last I checked, but I expect the next release should perform better on both iOS and Android and we will be continuing to work with them closely over the coming months.
What are you talking about Flutter runs butter smooth on most smartphones at 60fps, far better than what react-native and other half assed solutions on the market.
go ahead and take time to downvote my comments. do you boo
I just wanted to commend you guys on Flutter. I've put off Android/React Native for almost a decade because of how clunky it was and I feel like Flutter finally gets the pieces right.
It is refreshing to be able to start development quickly without worrying about tooling (react-native), CI, etc.
Also I feel like Dart is perfect. It's a joy to use, I feel like this is the future. It's not es6 and it's not Java either.
I had wondered what had happened to this app to make it so slow. It takes around 10 seconds to get past the loading screen and show me anything useful on an S9.
Those seconds are excruciating when I'm at a checkout trying to actually use the app, with a large line behind me and a checkout person staring at me.
As long as the old Google Pay app still does NFC payments, I'll keep using it.
I was also pretty salty that the new Google Pay app was marked as "early release" so you couldn't leave a review on the Google Play Store. That's fixed now though.
I don't know how they can claim this. The new Google Pay on Android was noticeably laggier the moment it was released. It continues to be so, and I still hate using it. Now I know the cause.