Skip
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cross-platform mobile framework
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322points
118comments
#178of 3,515 in 2024
Top 6%of 2024 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
20 positive, 40 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 13 critical, out of 77 comments about the project. Thread score +0.15.
Idea: 10 for, 4 againstExecution: 1 for, 3 againstPerformance: 3 for, 1 againstPricing: 0 for, 2 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Keeps developers in Swift with native controls and no embedded runtime
From 3 comments
Loving this so far, I've been working with it for a week now. I have a personal app, DownPay for iOS, that is built with SwiftUI that I want to bring to Android. I tried going…
LifeUtilityApps on HNSounds amazing. From a career point of view it is good for a dev as they click up native skills instead of some abstraction layer, while being able to do cross platform. Been a…
langcss on HNDamn, this sounds too good to be true. Really nothing to add here except than keep pushing! This fixes the big painpoint that nowadays' cross-platform frameworks come with…
flawn on HN
Tight Xcode integration makes it feel like magic
From 2 comments
As others, from the videos, I really like the tight Xcode integration. Reading the FAQ I do have few concerns, 1. Open-source, it mentions GPL forms, is there a reason MIT not…
rock_artist on HNLoving this so far, I've been working with it for a week now. I have a personal app, DownPay for iOS, that is built with SwiftUI that I want to bring to Android. I tried going…
LifeUtilityApps on HN
Objections
Limited coverage of Apple frameworks such as StoreKit, WebKit and CryptoKit
From 1 comment
Most existing iOS apps are likely to use a suite of Apple platform frameworks beyond simply pure Swift and SwiftUI. For those cases, Skip's approach seems to be a range of Skip*…
happybuy on HN
Maintenance burden of re-implementing Apple APIs on Android
From 2 comments
I can appreciate the effort of trying to make it easier for iOS developers to also target Android. However, there is no magic solution to cross-platform development. The effort…
isodev on HNI'm not sure I see the point, other than this being aimed at first world (see US/EU) businesses who solely have iOS application's and want to convert those to Android. So if you…
mad_tortoise on HN
Existing native Android or cross-platform tools like Flutter and KMP are better for Android-first teams
From 1 comment
I'm not sure I see the point, other than this being aimed at first world (see US/EU) businesses who solely have iOS application's and want to convert those to Android. So if you…
mad_tortoise on HN
Requests
Support for more Apple frameworks such as MapKit, StoreKit and WeatherKit
From 2 comments
Most existing iOS apps are likely to use a suite of Apple platform frameworks beyond simply pure Swift and SwiftUI. For those cases, Skip's approach seems to be a range of Skip*…
happybuy on HNAs others, from the videos, I really like the tight Xcode integration. Reading the FAQ I do have few concerns, 1. Open-source, it mentions GPL forms, is there a reason MIT not…
rock_artist on HN
Better C++ interop via JNA
From 1 comment
You are correct that JNA's C++ integration – while possible – is not exactly seamless. It is an area that we are actively researching better solutions for.
marcprux on HN
Examples of existing apps migrated to Skip
From 1 comment
Good to see Skip on the home page! We were evaluating Skip just a couple weeks ago for a side project. The issue we ran into is that we've already built a native iOS app with…
wirelesspotat on HN
Questions
Does it work with existing apps built with SwiftUI and UIKit
From 1 comment
Good to see Skip on the home page! We were evaluating Skip just a couple weeks ago for a side project. The issue we ran into is that we've already built a native iOS app with…
wirelesspotat on HN
How platform-specific UI differences such as back buttons are handled
From 2 comments
Hello, this looks like a cool product, congratulations. How does it handle the different UI guidelines on the two platforms? I have not been using Android for some years, but the…
giamma on HNSounds amazing. From a career point of view it is good for a dev as they click up native skills instead of some abstraction layer, while being able to do cross platform. Been a…
langcss on HN
Can Swift PM dependencies be used natively on Android
From 2 comments
I've been following this for a while now. Skimming the page, it appears the answer is no, but I'll ask anyway: If all of the project's dependencies are pure Swift (+Foundation)…
RedComet on HNNot yet, but this is a capability that we are actively investigating.
marcprux on HN
How Material You dynamic colors are handled
From 1 comment
How does it handle cases like Material You Dynamic Colors? I am thinking about making an app, and we want to support the best offerings from each OS. So the dynamic colors is…
charliesbot on HN
Alternatives named
Flutter
From 2 comments
I'm not sure I see the point, other than this being aimed at first world (see US/EU) businesses who solely have iOS application's and want to convert those to Android. So if you…
mad_tortoise on HNSounds amazing. From a career point of view it is good for a dev as they click up native skills instead of some abstraction layer, while being able to do cross platform. Been a…
langcss on HN
React Native
From 2 comments
Loving this so far, I've been working with it for a week now. I have a personal app, DownPay for iOS, that is built with SwiftUI that I want to bring to Android. I tried going…
LifeUtilityApps on HNI'm not sure I see the point, other than this being aimed at first world (see US/EU) businesses who solely have iOS application's and want to convert those to Android. So if you…
mad_tortoise on HN
Kotlin Multiplatform
From 2 comments
I'm not sure I see the point, other than this being aimed at first world (see US/EU) businesses who solely have iOS application's and want to convert those to Android. So if you…
mad_tortoise on HNHow does it handle cases like Material You Dynamic Colors? I am thinking about making an app, and we want to support the best offerings from each OS. So the dynamic colors is…
charliesbot on HN
Xamarin
From 1 comment
Looks very cool! Looking at the docs gives a good overview of how it works. Regarding transpilation and the tradeoffs (https://skip.tools/topic/transpilation-tradeoffs/), does…
banashark on HN