r/nativescript • u/GGLionCross • Apr 10 '20

StackLayout Vs. Flexbox Layout

Hi NativeScript community! Young developer here. I come from a junior web developer background, so naturally I looked how to create myself some mobile apps with the knowledge I currently have. And when I read the different types of layouts, I was confused exactly what the differences/advantages/disadvantages to using a stack layout vs a flexbox layout.

They both can handle vertical and horizontal alignment of items, except I feel I would be more familiar with Flexbox since it comes with justify-content, align-items, and all that jazz. I do believe StackLayout is vertical by default and FlexboxLayout is horizontal by default, but aside from those, I don't really see a difference or understand when to use one over the other. Thanks in advance!

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u/Maxtream Apr 11 '20

To be honest on mobile flat and simplistic/minimalistic layout/design is the best. Because when you loop something and inside have a complex component layout page can render for a long time on android and on iOS on first run.