Why AI could make native app development great again

AI coding tools are shifting the calculus between native and cross-platform mobile development. The traditional advantage of cross-platform frameworks like Flutter or React Native — cutting development costs by up to 50% by writing code once — shrinks significantly when AI can generate large amounts of boilerplate code quickly. With AI assistance, building two separate native apps becomes more feasible, since the quality and performance benefits of native development are no longer offset as heavily by the extra coding effort. Kotlin Multiplatform is highlighted as a strong middle ground, allowing shared business logic while keeping truly native UIs in Compose (Android) and SwiftUI (iOS). The real bottleneck remains writing good specifications, not writing code.