Is there any plan to rename "Apollo Android" to ju...
# apollo-kotlinr
rocketraman
08/02/2021, 3:39 PMIs there any plan to rename "Apollo Android" to just "Apollo Client", now that it supports multiplatform/ JVM as well? Its a bit confusing, and IMO hurts discoverability, to refer to it as "Apollo Android" when its perfectly usable without Android.
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mbonnin
08/02/2021, 6:04 PMThere's been some discussions about it although naming is hard 😅
mbonnin
08/02/2021, 6:05 PMApollo Client is often used to refer to the web client so it seems unlikely.
mbonnin
08/02/2021, 6:06 PMApollo Kotlin coud be an alternative but it fails to convey that the project also generates Java code
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rocketraman
08/02/2021, 6:07 PMIt is, and yeah I see the confusion with "Apollo Client" 🙂
I kind of like "Apollo Multiplatform Client" (Android, iOS, JVM as subtitle) .
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mbonnin
08/02/2021, 6:10 PMultimately I think the common denominator is Java + Kotlin as the list of platform could grow. The project already supports MacOS and a bunch of JS. Windows and Linux being on the wishlist too
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rocketraman
08/02/2021, 6:11 PMNice. So "Apollo Multiplatform Client" works well.
rocketraman
08/02/2021, 6:11 PMJava fails to convey its usability on JS, and native. Kotlin does to some extent but how it does it is somewhat less important than what it does.
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mbonnin
08/02/2021, 6:12 PMThe JS + native parts come from Kotlin multiplatform (edit: yep, exactly)
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