# Migrating Shop app from React Native to native

DevFeed: [Migrating Shop app from React Native to native](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/migrating-shop-app-from-react-native-to-native-1583.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://shopify.engineering/shop-app-migration>)

Author: Max Da Silva

Published: 2026-09-10T12:27:06Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Shopify Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shopify-engineering.md>), [Shopify Engineering - Shopify Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shopify-engineering-shopify-engineering.md>)

Topics: [migration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/migration.md>)

Tags: [agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agents.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [compose](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/compose.md>), [ios](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ios.md>), [kotlin](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kotlin.md>), [migration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/migration.md>), [react-native](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/react-native.md>), [swift](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/swift.md>)

## AI overview

Shopify describes migrating the Shop app from React Native to native Swift and Kotlin development. Coding agents supported a proof of concept and the subsequent rebuild while the team aimed to preserve feature behavior and analytics events.

## Source excerpt

We migrated the Shop app from React Native to Swift and Kotlin. Assisted by AI, the team was able to go from a proof of concept to a fully rebuilt native app published in the app stores in just 12 weeks.