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Flutter has a relatively active community of users around the world and is widely used by many developers.
According to the [Stack Overflow Trends](https://insights.stackoverflow.com/trends?tags=flutter%2Creact-native), the usage of Flutter has been trending up over time, based on the increasing use of the corresponding tag.

> Take a closer look at [Kotlin Multiplatform and Flutter](kotlin-multiplatform-flutter.md) to understand their strengths and choose the best fit for your cross-platform development.
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### React Native

An open-source UI software framework, React Native was developed in 2015 (a bit earlier than Flutter) by Meta Platforms, formerly Facebook. It's based on Facebook's JavaScript library React and allows developers to build natively rendered cross-platform mobile apps.
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Among the most popular apps built with Flutter are Google Ads, Xianyu by Alibaba, eBay Motors, and Hamilton.

Explore [Kotlin Multiplatform and Flutter](kotlin-multiplatform-flutter.md) in detail to better understand their capabilities and determine the right fit for your cross-platform project.

### React Native

Facebook introduced React Native in 2015 as an open-source framework designed to help mobile engineers build hybrid native/cross-platform apps. It's based on ReactJS – a JavaScript library for building user interfaces. In other words, it uses JavaScript to build mobile apps for Android and iOS systems.
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<td><b>Iteration on UI development</b></td>
<td>IntelliJ IDEA supports previews for desktop applications.
<p>The team is working on a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z-Vuo3wTd0">hot reload</a> feature that lets you see visual changes as you code, now available in IntelliJ IDEA.</p>
<p>The team is working on a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xgtHmB2J2f8">hot reload</a> feature that lets you see visual changes as you code, now available in IntelliJ IDEA. If you want to try Hot Reload for Compose Multiplatform in your project, go to its <a href="https://github.com/JetBrains/compose-hot-reload">GitHub repository</a> and follow the steps in the README.</p>
<p>Android Studio offers preliminary support for <a href="https://developer.android.com/develop/ui/compose/tooling/previews">previews for Android</a>, plus <a href="https://developer.android.com/develop/ui/compose/tooling/iterative-development">Live Edit</a> for quick iteration on Android UI.</p></td>
<td>IDE plugins are available for VS Code and Android Studio.</td>
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