I built a native Android app in an afternoon, and I've never written a line of Kotlin

I’ve always thought building a mobile app required climbing a massive learning curve just to get a basic environment set up. To test that theory, I tried building my very first Android app using Google AI Studio.

Five minutes later, I had a working prototype.

The coolest part about this isn't just the speed: it’s that anyone can do this. The traditional barriers to building software are disappearing, making it incredibly easy to just start creating.

I recorded the whole 5-minute process here if you want to see what it looks like in practice: