Skyscanner Engineering Blog

We track 8 mobile engineering articles by the Skyscanner team, published 2016 to 2025. They cover iOS, Android and React Native. Skyscanner writes most about Caching, Performance Profiling and Testing.

Skyscanner is a global travel search engine for flights, hotels, and car rentals, helping users find the best deals.

8 articles · iOS, Android, React Native

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Skyscanner mobile tech stack & focus areas

Built from the platforms and topics of 8 articles the team published.

Platforms: iOS 8

Android 4

React Native 1
Frequent topics: Caching 2

Performance Profiling 2

Testing 2

Monitoring 1

CI/CD 1

Scalability 1

Build Time 1

UI Performance 1
Publishing since: 2016 · latest in 2025
Official blog: medium.com/@SkyscannerEng

Most notable Skyscanner articles

One pick for each topic the team covers most.

Performance Profiling · Caching Solving the Problem of One Billion Computations Feb 23, 2016 Build Time · Caching Hate to Wait: How Skyscanner Used Module Caching to Cut App Build Speed in Half Nov 20, 2018 Testing · App Stability Failing Fast with Reliable and Actionable System-Level Tests Feb 24, 2016

All Skyscanner articles by year

2025 1

Skyscanner’s journey to effective observability Mar 14, 2025 · iOS / Android

2019 1

iOS CI, supercharged Jan 7, 2019 · iOS

2018 2

Hate to Wait: How Skyscanner Used Module Caching to Cut App Build Speed in Half Nov 20, 2018 · iOS / Android
3 Techniques We Used to Improve Skyscanner for iOS Performance Jul 17, 2018 · iOS

2017 1

Testing React Native iOS Bridges Sep 28, 2017 · React Native / iOS

2016 3

Failing Fast with Reliable and Actionable System-Level Tests Feb 24, 2016 · iOS / Android
Solving the Problem of One Billion Computations Feb 23, 2016 · iOS / Android
Transitioning From Objective C to Swift in 4 Steps Feb 9, 2016 · iOS