

The other thing you’d be disappointed about is the lack of hot reload when running natively using the IDE’s play button.Setup React Native together with Xcode on the Apple Mac M1 Although, if you’ve tried IntelliJ or Android Studio, its interface still feels rough to the touch. Why? Because it is M1 compatible and I think it’s been able to keep the lag to a minimum which allows me to run more apps on the side. In the meantime, I’m trying out IntelliJ to continue my project. Honestly, I can’t wait for a more stable version of VS Code insider so that I can try it then maybe things start to get better. Once you stop the debugging, everything runs smoothly again. The thing is every other Mac app slows down when you want to load them. Once Chrome runs, the whole system starts to lag a bit more but not too much that you can’t move between apps. I wish there was a Safari option for that but I looked and there’s none. The problem comes when I try to debug/run my web app on Chrome. I could still code just the way it feels on my windows PC. The ordinary one lags occasionally and much slower than the m1 version although technically, it’s not called that.

The m1 version runs undoubtedly fast when I tried it. Up until now, the m1 version crashes even when I leave it in the downloads folder.

Since then, I had no choice but to use the ordinary VS Code. Why? Because I can’t seem to load anymore after trying to sync extensions with my ordinary VS Code in my PC. What I’m currently using is the ordinary VS Code, not the VS Code insider arm64, which is meant for the m1 chip. Hence, I haven’t installed Android Studio or Xcode on my system, for now. It’s 2021 anyway even though it’s still not production-ready yet. I’m currently working on something that’s not a mobile app but using Flutter. I’m going to tell you what that feels like, and it’s not so great.įirst of all, installing the VS Code.

I’ve just bought a Macbook Air M1 for the purpose of editing videos and programming in Flutter.
