Shopify moves from React Native back to native Swift and Kotlin

Shopify is moving its Shop app and other flagship products from React Native back to native Swift and Kotlin. Reasons cited are AI agents that automatically port code between platforms and the internal Helix tool; the Shop app was rewritten in 12 weeks.

• Shopify returns to native Swift and Kotlin after five years on React Native
• Internal Helix tool splits code migration into stages with tests and reviews
• Shop app rewritten from prototype to release in 12 weeks
• Native rewrite cut app size by only about 1 MB