Google Flutter gains sound null safety, payments plug-in

Version 2.2 of the UI toolkit for building Android, iOS, Linux, Windows, macOS, web, and embedded applications was unveiled at Google I/O this week.

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Flutter 2.2, the latest release of Google’s UI toolkit for building natively compiled apps, has been fitted with capabilities ranging from better performance and reduced software errors to app monetization enhancements.

Unveiled on May 18, Flutter 2.2 is built on the foundation of Flutter 2, which debuted in March and extended Flutter from its mobile roots to add backing for web, desktop, and embedded apps.

New capabilities in Flutter 2.2 include the following:

Google also noted that tools to precompile shaders to eliminate or reduce first-run jank in iOS are in the works. To install Flutter, go to flutter.dev.

Paul Krill is an editor at large at InfoWorld, whose coverage focuses on application development.