We've been asked to develop an app, normally we counter-pitch the 'web' prefix because it means one codebase, but they don't want that so...any suggestions for a decent cross-platform framework? App is just text and video, nothing too taxing for the device.

Hmm... React Native? What about the Apache one that i'm too lazy to go find it's name?

Hell, be double bad and develop a webview app

@melezorus34 I was just thinking of dumping it in a webview, but I am informed that Apple aren't keen on this. Don't see how it differs from half of the options out there but yeah.

Whatever front end that you want, bundled in electron or some such.

@atheist I hate lazy ass electron apps but it do be like that.

@melezorus34 Yeah, just whatever matches the knowledge of the team best.

Flutter seems to be popular for this.

Normally I would suggest against Xamarin but for your use case, it would probably be okay. Just use Xamarin.Forms for one codebase.

@Lensflare why would you normally advise against it?

@MM83 as soon as it gets a bit complicated in terms of UI and features, you will constantly be implementing ugly workarounds and compromises everywhere. And you will need custom renderings which means no shared codebase.

(I have a few rants and comments on devrant about Xamarin.)

Xamarin is just a lie and a trap. Don’t believe what it promises.

@Lensflare Cheers for that. React Native might be the safest bet, seems to be the best of a bad lot in terms of prior experience. I'm sure it'll be a bind whichever route we take.