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Comment by davidkuennen | Hacker News Reader

Cool, thanks a lot for the review and feedback! I think oftentimes it's hard to tell if it's a problem with the framework/SDK or your own code. I can't deny that there is a lot unoptimized code (for performance) in my app and I'm sure native iOS would be more forgiving. I guess it's 50/50 fault of my own negligence and flutter causing this jank.

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I migrated from being a lifetime Android user to an iOS user a few years ago and I’m also a paid user of your app. StockEvents has never felt jankier than iOS as a whole. Is it perfect? No but iOS itself is filled with bugs and inconsistencies (just like Android). It’s definitely never felt out of place UX wise, I can’t think of any app I use regularly that uses much of the native iOS UI toolkit (except maybe the phone Settings) so I really have no specific expectations.

Hey, thanks a lot for using Stock Events and thanks for your feedback! I'm always humbled whenever I come across one of my users. Feel free to contact me through the app or otherwise if there's anything that could be improved!

These are actual issues recognised by the Flutter team themselves - you can't really hand wave them away as being standard iOS issues.

Saying Flutter and native iOS share the same issues is not the same as denying it as a Flutter issue.

I think the point was that from the perspective of the user the experience isn't any worse than a native IOS app. Your user likely doesn't know or care about the difference between a Flutter issue vs a Native IOS issue. You just don't want them to open the app and say wow this is jankier than normal, I don't trust it.

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