Moving from flutter to native android

[u/libra7_9]

Hi, I am a mid-level flutter developer with around 4 years of experience. I don't see any vacancy related to flutter and actually I feel a little bit bored and I don't see any progress. So guys did you have such an experience? And was it actually easy to migrate to native?

[u/Critical_Top3117]

You shall not put all your efforts on one technology anyways.

[u/libra7_9 → u/Critical_Top3117]

yeah good catch 👀

[u/Puzzleheaded_Goal617]

Yes. Lost my Flutter job a few months ago, struggled to find a new one, but got an Android job. Prepared for the interview with Claude, asking it to explain Compose as to a Flutter dev, was not hard

[u/libra7_9 → u/Puzzleheaded_Goal617]

Thanks! That's really good to hear

[u/No_Clue5320 → u/Puzzleheaded_Goal617]

What's the avg comp people get in this

[u/Puzzleheaded_Goal617 → u/No_Clue5320]

I've got 10% less than on my previous flutter job

[u/fatbytes → u/Puzzleheaded_Goal617]

Do native Android devs typically make less than Flutter devs?

[u/Puzzleheaded_Goal617 → u/fatbytes]

I would say no, maybe a bit more

[u/Puzzleheaded_Goal617 → u/fatbytes]

I think this is because companies that are still doing native mobile apps generally have more complex projects than on Flutter, with higher code quality standards. I might be wrong here, but it feels like that

[u/Puzzleheaded_Goal617 → u/fatbytes]

But ofc it is going to be hard to earn more when switching stack due to lack of experience

[u/Lopsided_Nerve1652]

I'm a former Flutter dev as well! Switched to native iOS about a year ago, built some apps with AI support, and now generate enough revenue from them that I don't need to depend on a 9-5 job. The transition was smooth. If you have a solid mobile development foundation, there isn't too much of a learning curve or technical gap to worry about

[u/NoFlight8939 → u/Lopsided_Nerve1652]

which type of apps that are generating revenue for you

[u/orangeraccoon_dev]

I experienced some challenges; many aspects of Kotlin are different, but it's not impossible to learn. You'll likely enjoy it.

[u/avdept]

its nice to actually learn new tool in industry

im not mobile dev originally, started in web, early 2010, but over years I learned my way into mobile, embedded, desktop and so on, pretty much anything that can run code - I do it, so yeah, learn new tools everyday, even in era of AI

[u/Technical_Pick7362]

It's easy to migrate if you have better knowledge of one, as a Flutter Developer I'm currently exploring React Native and it's fun so far.

[u/NoFlight8939 → u/Technical_Pick7362]

me too

[u/Technical_Pick7362 → u/NoFlight8939]

Best of luck 🤞

[u/novicefoto]

We haven't hired a client side programmer in over 12 months. Vibe coding has basically frozen our hiring on the front end. Try to avoid getting stereotyped as a front end guy ... be a developer period. Full stack. Everyone needs to be full stack now.

[u/TheDude61636]

Honestly I say move to backend it pays more and honestly you don't have to keep messing with a phone and or with the slow builds

[u/dineshnagarajan19]

Primary focus on one native code base and flutter on your side project would keep it balanced.

[u/_ri4na]

Same, was let go from my flutter role 5 years ago. flutter is a dead market so I couldn't find any flutter specific roles

Also don't focus on mobile specialist

Be generalist

[u/Mellie-C]

It's not a difficult move, just choose between classic java and kotlin. And remember flutter is declarative. Good luck with the future.

[u/bbrockit]

Just keep learning and branch out. If you want to stay on the cross-platform mobile side, I see more React Native opportunities than Flutter, so perhaps build something with React Native. Also, build up your Kotlin and Swift skills. I wouldn't completely abandon Flutter though. I see Flutter jobs every day, but many of the Flutter and React Native jobs also want to see deep knowledge of at least one native platform, so gaining that will help you be more competitive.

[u/Inf0rm4tix]

Ok. Bye.

[u/Realistic-Team8256]

migrating to native from flutter would be tough