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Skip Comparison Matrix

This table presents a comparison between using Skip for dual-platform iOS and Android development versus some of the other cross-platform app builder technologies that are available.

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Native
Compose
Multiplatform
 
Develop in a Single Codebase cross checkmark checkmark checkmark checkmark  
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Android
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iOS: native UIKit

Android: native Views
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Apple: SwiftUI

Google: Jetpack Compose
Effortless platform API access checkmark
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iOS: Swift

Android: Kotlin
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iOS: Xcode/lldb

Android: Studio/adb
Ejectable N/A checkmark cross cross cross  

Technology Comparison Table

This table summarizes the various underlying technologies that each of the popular cross-platform development frameworks use.

  Skip Flutter React Native Xamarin KMP Compose Ionic/Cordova
Development Language Swift Dart JavaScript C# Kotlin JavaScript
UI Framework SwiftUI Flutter HTML/JSX+CSS XAML/MAUI Compose HTML+CSS
Package Manager SwiftPM Pub/CocoaPods NPM NuGet/CocoaPods Gradle/CocoaPods Varies
IDE Xcode Android Studio VSCode Visual Studio IntelliJ IDEA VSCode
iOS UX Native Mimicked Native Native Mimicked HTML
Android UX Native Mimicked Native Native Native HTML
Rendering Canvas Native Impeller/Skia Flexbox Native Skia WebView
Code Execution Compiled Compiled Interpreted Compiled Compiled Interpreted
Call Platform API Direct Bridged Bridged Bridged Mixed Bridged
Added VM/Runtime None Flutter Engine Hermes Mono Kotlin/Native Varies
Added Garbage Collector None Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Minimum iOS App Size 100 KB 13 MB 8 MB 8 MB 16 MB Varies
Minimum Android App Size 5 MB 17 MB 9 MB 8 MB 5 MB Varies

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