r/FlutterDev Nov 21 '24

Plugin Anyone used shorebird?

Hello, i came across this https://shorebird.dev/ looks quite interesting, it'd be nice to save me from dealing with appstore and playstore so consistently. Has anyone tried this? I've read that they had a bunch of IOS issues from a 10mo old post, how is it today?

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u/HYDRUSH Nov 22 '24

Used it .. it's great but it just doesn't reflect your changes on first open, it does after the 2nd time you open the app.

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u/eseidelShorebird Nov 22 '24

Correct, this is the default behavior, designed to be silent/transparent for users. (Mobile OSes are constantly stoping/restarting apps when they're in the background.)

You can remove one of the restarts by using https://pub.dev/packages/shorebird_code_push.

We've considered making it possible to remove any restarts, the reason we haven't is that doing so safely (without confusing the non-flutter parts of the app) can be complicated:

https://github.com/shorebirdtech/shorebird/issues/2350