--- title: What’s Native? | daily.dev description: The definition of 'native' in mobile programming has become a subject of debate with the emergence of cross-platform technologies. Design systems and user... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-native--uneaduhbe twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: What’s Native? | daily.dev og:description: The definition of 'native' in mobile programming has become a subject of debate with the emergence of cross-platform technologies. Design systems and user... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-native--uneaduhbe og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/uNEAduHbE.png og:image:alt: What’s Native? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # What’s Native? **[ProAndroidDev](https://daily.dev/sources/pand)** · 7 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The definition of 'native' in mobile programming has become a subject of debate with the emergence of cross-platform technologies. Design systems and user interfaces don't determine whether an application is native or non-native. Different frameworks have different levels of 'native' functionality. Kotlin stands out as native due to its compiler architectures and interoperability across platforms. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#mobile](https://daily.dev/tags/mobile), [#ux](https://daily.dev/tags/ux), [#design-systems](https://daily.dev/tags/design-systems) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-native--uneaduhbe) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"What’s Native?","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-native--uneaduhbe","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-native--uneaduhbe"},"datePublished":"2024-05-11T18:50:36.685Z","dateModified":"2024-05-11T18:50:35.947Z","description":"The definition of 'native' in mobile programming has become a subject of debate with the emergence of cross-platform technologies. Design systems and user...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/dc2b17c79a7c528f7b1b156227f0dd29?_a=AQAEuiZ","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/dc2b17c79a7c528f7b1b156227f0dd29?_a=AQAEuiZ","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"ProAndroidDev","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"ProAndroidDev","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/656c1eb1f1ef4f91936e86fc16545114","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/pand"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-native--uneaduhbe","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"mobile,ux,design-systems","timeRequired":"PT7M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"ProAndroidDev","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/pand"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"What’s Native?"}]} ```