This is really nice for testing. It uses most of the pretend-native components I was interested in.
Right off the bat, I notice stuttering animations everywhere: Scrolling, swiping back, etc... This is on an iPhone 13.
In one section, the keyboard opened on top of a text-field so I couldn't see what I was typing.
The components are _just_ different enough that I feel something is wrong, but for the most part, I can't tell what it is.
Then there's a bunch of minor stuff. Switches become slightly larger when they change. You cant swipe down modals. You can't drag & release over options in the sheet. I feel like I'm missing buttons more often.
Overall, I get a vague cheap feel. Not so bad that I would outright dismiss the app as a customer, but I would definitely look for alternatives.
This isn't a critique of the app. I think all of these issues are flutter-related.
Just trying to be honest here, but using this as an example on my iPad Pro with magic keyboard... flutter apps do not feel great on iOS IMO. Animations have an initial low fps/jerkyness to them. Lot of weirdness when trying to use an the iPad trackpad, horizontal directions seem to be inverted. Scrolling inertia and feel just feels off in general to me. I'm sure flutter is great on Android and all but it still feels like they have a bit of work to do on iOS in order to really cross that uncanny valley gap.
Regardless I'm sure what you have is a great app here so hope you don't feel like I'm targeting you or your app directly here, and at the end of the day if flutter allows you to make your customers happy more power to you and hope it works out the best for you.
Doesn't appear to based on the website, which is just sad considering it's almost zero effort to create an Android build as well. I'd consider using this app also.
I could indeed build it for Android, but since I'm using the Cupertino components, it would look and feel like an iOS app. As I said replying to the parent comment, I'm currently waiting on the Material 3 components to be available before I do that.
Sounds good, although a bit sad I can't try it out, even if it felt more iOS-like. But you gotta prioritize your app and what's best for it. Good luck!
Every action requires waiting. Its so frustrating. Open the app, spinner. Click themostat, spinner. Change the temperature, spinner. Its so frustrating. I use Home Assistant now as my primary home control app.
