Question: is plugins repo acceptable kotlin/swift ?

[azihsoyn]

Hi, I love flutter.

I found flutter plugins repo is only obj-c, Java code for native implementation.

Can I use swift/kotlin for PR?

Thanks.

[goderbauer]

@mravn-google

[mravn-google]

AFAIK, Swift currently comes with a substantial overhead to the consuming app. Kotlin less so, and adding some proguard rules may get rid of most of it.

Anyway, app bundles (apk/ipa) built from projects created using

flutter -i objc -a java create old_school
flutter -i swift -a kotlin create new_kid

have the following sizes:

Java apk:     7.3MB
Kotlin apk:   7.7MB
ObjC ipa:    49.5MB
Swift ipa:  187.2MB

These sizes may not mean much, but it does seem to me that the decision of whether to use Kotlin and Swift should be taken by the app author, not the plugin author.

[azihsoyn]

Thank you for answering!

I will support your opinion.

Best regards.