DON'T Use a Library If...

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[sushilgyawali]

This guy is so underrated.
My senior recommended me this channel few day ago and I am loving content.thanks Philip.

[Synthwave]

It really depends. Some libraries are mature enough and feature complete so they dont get updated but still work perfectly fine, one that comes to mind is Circle Image View.

[WakeupDev.]

I have seen people use third-party libraries for every simple thing just so they dont have to bother themselevs learning some core concepts, and that's not a good thing in the long run

[mzezulka]

1. Latest library release date does not determine its usefulness or relevance. The most prominent examples which come to my mind (but I'm sure there are many others) are libraries related to XML/SOAP.
2. Using libraries just to "save time" is at best inappropriate but in many cases a very harmful advice. You should not import a library just because it solves one specific problem you're currently working on. Do not bloat your project with junk.

[SwervingLemon]

Older libraries are great! I don't have to worry about the constant evolution breaking my dependencies. There's a reason we do taxonomy in Latin, and the same logic applies to code.

[allanandliftedhands]

Hey Phillip, now that you brought up this, a while back you made a video about an amazing third party navigation library by Raphael which i thought was great, now that iam working on my app and i have almost mastered navigation in compose..should i still use Raphael library..is it still supported? Does it support nested navigation..sorry i dont know how to keep track of a library..thanks in advance.

[Zeeshan-Syed]

Philipp, need a video on the reordering lazycolumn.

Currently I'm using a library for it but their last release is way back ago and now it's not maintained by anyone.

[ashaluwalakazeem]

Please avoid any Library that's in Alpha in a production app.

I have learned my lessons.

A word is enough for a wise.

[mateusznepath]

Typical flutter problem... So many outdated libraries with no alternatives.

[sanjaybhatikar]

I am an avid follower of your videos. I haven't had issues with libraries per se but sometimes libraries have dragged me into dependency hell, particularly Dagger-Hilt. Sound advice. Anything you would add to avoid incompatibilities arising in the web of dependencies underlying commonly used libraries? Dagger-Hilt in particular seems notorious. Thank you 🙏