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Mobile Development

Flutter Development

One codebase, both platforms, no feature drift.

Flutter compiles a single Dart codebase to native machine code for iOS and Android, rendering through its own engine rather than through platform widgets. That is what makes it behave identically across devices and OS versions instead of subtly differing.

For most business applications the performance is indistinguishable from native, and the operational advantage is substantial: one place to make every change, one place to fix every defect, and no platform quietly falling behind the other.

We build customer-facing apps, internal field tools and companion apps to existing web platforms, including the offline behaviour that field use requires.

The problem

What this solves

Maintaining separate native codebases means every feature is specified once, estimated twice and built twice, and in practice one platform always lags. Over a few years the two apps diverge enough that they are effectively different products with the same name.

The alternative failure is choosing cross-platform for an app that genuinely needed native — one built around camera, sensors or deep OS integration — and discovering it a long way into the build, when changing course means rewriting the client.

  • Two codebases drifting apart

    Every change costs twice and one platform is always behind the other.

  • Cross-platform chosen for the wrong app

    A product built around sensors or deep OS integration fights the framework the whole way.

  • Offline added late

    Retrofitting local storage and sync into an online-first app means rewriting its data layer.

  • Platform differences leaking everywhere

    Notifications, biometrics and deep links handled inline instead of behind one interface.

Our approach

How we go about it

We decide native versus Flutter at the start, on the basis of what the app actually does rather than as a default. If the product is built around platform-specific capability, we will say so and recommend native, even though it is more work for us.

Where Flutter fits, we structure the app so the platform-specific parts are isolated behind a small interface. Push notifications, biometrics, deep links and store-specific behaviour differ, and keeping them contained stops those differences leaking through the codebase.

Offline behaviour is designed before the screens. Which data is cached, what queues, how conflicts resolve and what the user sees while something is pending are architectural decisions, and retrofitting them means rewriting the data layer.

Capabilities

What is included

  • Flutter application architecture and state management

  • Platform channel integration for native capabilities

  • Responsive layouts across phone and tablet

  • Offline storage and background synchronisation

  • Automated build and release pipelines

  • Migration from separate native codebases

Outcomes

What changes for you

  • Feature parity by construction

    One codebase means the two platforms cannot diverge.

  • Consistent across devices

    Flutter renders its own widgets, so behaviour does not vary with OS version.

  • Offline designed in

    Local-first storage with an explicit sync and conflict rule, decided before the screens exist.

  • Honest platform advice

    We recommend native when the product needs it, even though it is more work.

Frequently asked questions

Common questions about flutter development.

Is Flutter fast enough?
For the overwhelming majority of business applications, yes — it compiles to native code and animations run at full frame rate on ordinary hardware. Where it can struggle is sustained heavy graphics or intensive real-time processing, which is a small and identifiable category of app.
Can Flutter access native device features?
Yes, either through existing plugins or through a platform channel to native code you write. Camera, location, biometrics, notifications and background execution are all reachable. The question is not whether it is possible but how much of the app is native code — if the answer is most of it, the app should probably be native.
Can we add Flutter to an existing native app?
It is technically supported and occasionally the right answer for a self-contained new section. More often it adds build complexity and two toolchains for limited benefit, so we would want a clear reason before recommending it.
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