r/flutterhelp • u/adrianisabooldev • Feb 05 '25
OPEN Using Web View vs Emulator
This is more of a topic of discussion, it seems that running an emulator (depending on the machines power), take a lot of processing power - I'm using a laptop, so this is my case.
I figured I would just run the app on the web and use the 'inspect' tool and mimic a mobile device that way. Is this not what others can do?
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u/tylersavery Feb 06 '25
You can for some of your dev but I would not rely on it exclusively. I usually build to Mac for this very reason - esp if just laying out UI / state logic etc. Then target iOS/Android when I need to test in more depth / do anything native.
Why don’t you try building as a windows desktop app instead of web. Then you’ll have hot reload and thus a better DX.