Delyo: Shipping My First App to Google Play
Delyo is more than just an app for me.
It’s the first mobile product I’ve taken all the way to production, published on Google Play, and soon landing on the App Store.
It represents a shift — from learning and experimenting to building something real, usable, and shipped.
Coming From Jetpack Compose and Kotlin
My background is heavily rooted in Kotlin and Jetpack Compose, so stepping into Flutter came with mixed feelings.
Some concepts felt familiar:
- Declarative UI
- Reactive state
- Composable interfaces
Others… not so much.
Flutter does things its own way, and at first, some patterns felt unintuitive compared to Compose.
But instead of fighting the framework, I decided to embrace it and let the product guide my decisions.
From Idea to Product
Delyo started as a simple idea, but ideas don’t mean much without execution.
Turning it into a real app meant dealing with:
- App architecture decisions
- State management trade-offs
- UX details you only notice when real users are involved
- Store requirements, builds, and releases
This is where theory ends and real development begins.
The Importance of Shipping
Publishing Delyo to Google Play was a turning point.
Not because the app is perfect — it isn’t.
But because it exists.
Shipping teaches you things no tutorial ever will:
- What actually matters to users
- Where your assumptions were wrong
- How much polish is “enough”
- When to stop tweaking and start releasing
Progress beats perfection. Always.
Flutter in Production
Flutter proved itself once the app hit production.
Hot reload sped up iteration, UI consistency was solid, and maintaining a single codebase felt empowering rather than limiting.
More importantly, Flutter allowed me to focus on product decisions, not platform friction.
What Delyo Taught Me
Building and publishing Delyo reinforced a few core lessons:
- Finished beats perfect
- Shipping creates momentum
- Real apps expose real problems
- Experience compounds faster in production
This project marked a clear before-and-after moment in my journey as a developer.
What’s Next
Delyo is live on Google Play, and the App Store release is coming soon.
There’s still a lot to improve, refine, and learn — but that’s the fun part.
This isn’t the end of the journey.
It’s the first real step.
And many more apps will follow.