Does Flutter run on Java?

Short answer: yes, Dart VM is still being used when you build your mobile app .

Flutter uses Dart as the programming language, while native Android development uses Java or Kotlin . In terms of IDE, Android Studio can be used for both Flutter and native Android app development.

No. Dart is designed to compile to JavaScript to run across the modern web.

For the uninitiated, Flutter is Google’s cross-platform framework to build apps that run on Android, iOS, the web, and desktop. It uses Google’s Dart language and doesn’t offer any compatibility with Java Virtual Machines (JVM) .