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Shopify shifts to native mobile development

Shopify 这篇文章写的很好啊:《Native is now the future of mobile at Shopify》https://t.co/vfGTVSLsyA 它们要从 React...

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For developers, this shows that the cost advantage of cross-platform frameworks like React Native is diminishing as AI tools make native development more feasible.

Shopify is moving away from React Native to Swift and Kotlin for its mobile apps.

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The company cites the high cost of maintaining multiple codebases as a key reason, noting that large language models now allow for code generation across platforms.

The transition is expected to take place over the next year, with the largest Shopify app planned for a late-2024 release.

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Shopify 这篇文章写的很好啊:《Native is now the future of mobile at Shopify》https://t.co/vfGTVSLsyA 它们要从 React...

Shopify 这篇文章写的很好啊:《Native is now the future of mobile at Shopify》 shopify.engineering/back-to-native 它们要从 React Native 迁回到 Swift,原因就是现在大模型把不同平台写好几遍的成本压下去了,可以用 iOS 实现当参考写 Android,反过来也行。 现在像 RN 这种跨平台的优势已经不在了, 后面它们的实践非常值得好好看看:采取完全重写的方式,RN 版本做参考,Shop 这个应用 在 AI 辅助下 团队从概念验证做到完整原生版上架,只用了 12 周 最大的 Shopify App也在迁,计划今年晚些时候上线。 还有怎样避免 AI Slop,怎样加快反馈 loops 等等,干货很多,值得收藏看看。📊 1 ⚡

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This report is categorized under AITOP's "How-to" desk, focusing on US frontier AI labs and Silicon Valley technology leaders. Within our cross-regional analytical framework, it directly maps to AI developer toolchains, coding agents, and engineering workflows. Key entities and technical topics under continuous tracking include Shopify, mobile development, React Native, Swift.

Source attribution: curated from Viking (@vikingmute).