Zalando Engineering Blog

We track 9 mobile engineering articles by the Zalando team, published 2016 to 2025. They cover iOS, Android and React Native. Zalando writes most about Server Driven UI, UI Performance and UX.

Zalando is Europe's leading online fashion and lifestyle platform, offering clothing, shoes, beauty, and accessories.

9 articles · iOS, Android, React Native

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Zalando mobile tech stack & focus areas

Built from the platforms and topics of 9 articles the team published.

Platforms: iOS 8

Android 6

React Native 1
Frequent topics: Server Driven UI 3

UI Performance 2

UX 2

Scroll Performance 2

Jetpack Compose 1

App Startup 1

Performance Profiling 1

Build Time 1
Publishing since: 2016 · latest in 2025
Official blog: engineering.zalando.com

Most notable Zalando articles

One pick for each topic the team covers most.

Server Driven UI · UI Performance Accelerating Mobile App Development at Zalando with Rendering Engine and React Native Oct 3, 2025 UI Performance · UX Custom Navigational Transitions in iOS Jul 1, 2024 App Startup · UX Loading Time Matters Jun 11, 2018

All Zalando articles by year

2025 1

Accelerating Mobile App Development at Zalando with Rendering Engine and React Native Oct 3, 2025 · React Native / Android / iOS

2024 2

Custom Navigational Transitions in iOS Jul 1, 2024 · iOS
Transitioning to Appcraft: Evolution of Zalando’s Server-Driven UI Framework May 16, 2024 · iOS / Android

2021 1

Flexbox Layout Behavior in Jetpack Compose Mar 16, 2021 · Android

2018 1

Loading Time Matters Jun 11, 2018 · iOS / Android

2017 2

Detecting List Items Observed by User May 10, 2017 · iOS / Android
Improving Swift Compilation Times from 12 to 2 Minutes Apr 12, 2017 · iOS

2016 2

Dynamic App Content: An Introduction to Truly Native Apps Jul 15, 2016 · iOS / Android
Proper Use of CellForRowAtIndexPath and WillDisplayCell Jul 7, 2016 · iOS