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Impeller is now the mandatory Flutter renderer: Skia vs Impeller, precompiled shaders, Metal on iOS and Vulkan on Android.

Flutter Engineering · Jul 6, 2026 · 14 min read

Impeller Now Mandatory in Flutter 2026: What Changes on iOS & Android

Flutter's Impeller renderer is mandatory on iOS (Skia removed) and default-with-deprecated-opt-out on Android as of 2026. What changed, edge cases, migration checklist.

Aman Mathur