dohpaz42@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 1 year agoApple's Xcode Ladies and Gentlemenlemmy.worldimagemessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down11file-text
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minus-squareadonis@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI still don’t understand why programmers are forced to use a specific tool, to write apps for a specific ecosystem. i.e. writing a Flutter mobile app for Android and iOS. You can do everything in VSCode for the Android part incl. the apk-build. But for iOS you’re forced to use Xcode for implementing certain things like permissions, build and upload. Nothing but headaches.
I still don’t understand why programmers are forced to use a specific tool, to write apps for a specific ecosystem.
i.e. writing a Flutter mobile app for Android and iOS. You can do everything in VSCode for the Android part incl. the apk-build.
But for iOS you’re forced to use Xcode for implementing certain things like permissions, build and upload.
Nothing but headaches.
Apple: our way or the highway