AI-Generated Android Apps: The Good, the Bad and the Shocking

Learning Generative AI

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AI just built a fully functional Android app for me , a biker weather check app — without a single line of code written by hand. Here’s what it looks like.

Looks incredible, right? But before you celebrate, let me share a word of caution. As a developer, I had the advantage of reviewing the app’s code and design. At first glance, I was impressed — stunning visuals, slick UI, everything looked polished. Then I peeked under the hood… and that’s when the real surprise hit. The code? Let’s just say it’s not something you’d want to ship — or even share. Let me show you why.

Ever wondered how to auto-code an Android app from the ground up? I followed a YouTube tutorial to explore this, but instead of using Cursor Composer, I used VSCode with Claude Sonnet 3.7 — and the results were surprisingly impressive as shown above.