Build Time

105 articles

Articles covering build system optimization, incremental compilation, modularization, and toolchain improvements to speed up mobile builds.

We track 105 Build Time articles from 52 engineering teams. Callstack, React Native Blog and Square write about it most. Most posts cover Android (59), iOS (46) and React Native (16). The newest one is from October 2026.

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  1. Callstack · Nov 25, 2025

    Integrating Swift Package Manager with React Native Libraries

    Mike Grabowski from Callstack shows how React Native developers can finally use Swift Package Manager alongside CocoaPods.

  2. Cash App · Nov 18, 2025

    Cash Android Moves to Metro

    Egor Andreevich just shipped a DI framework migration across 1,500 modules serving tens of millions of users.

  3. Swift.org Blog · Mar 31, 2025

    Swift 6.1 Released

    Swift 6.1 just dropped with some seriously practical upgrades.

All Build Time articles 1–30 of 105

JetBrains Oct 1, 2026

Amper Is Now the Kotlin Toolchain: Moving to the Kotlin Blog

Wealthfront Jun 25, 2026

Tuning Android build nodes for maximum throughput

Grab May 15, 2026

Scaling developer experience: How we improved Android Studio in a large monorepo

Wealthfront Mar 2, 2026

XcodeGen and the Quest to Modularize the Wealthfront iOS App

Expo Jan 28, 2026

The solo dev playbook: ship faster with Expo, EAS Build, and OTA Updates

Kotlin Blog Jan 16, 2026

Update Your Projects for AGP 9

Callstack Nov 25, 2025

Integrating Swift Package Manager with React Native Libraries

Posts on Medium Nov 24, 2025

Core/Core-Impl Pattern: Build-Performance Superpower of DI & Gradle

Cash App Nov 18, 2025

Cash Android Moves to Metro

Pinterest Nov 10, 2025

How Pinterest Cut Android Testing CI Build Times by 36%+

Grab Nov 6, 2025

Grab’s Mac Cloud Exit supercharges macOS CI/CD

PickMe Nov 3, 2025

Migrating from KAPT to KSP: A Complete Guide to Kotlin's Future

Atlassian Oct 1, 2025

DevMate: Accelerating React Native Development at Atlassian

Callstack Sep 16, 2025

Debugging Android Connectivity Issues with Metro Bundler

Infinite Red Sep 8, 2025

Expo SDK 54: Better. Faster. Simpler.

Posts on Reddit Aug 1, 2025

Our Buildkite Brings All the Devs to the Yard: (Re)Building Reddit Mobile CI in 2025

Callstack Jun 19, 2025

Caching React Native Builds on S3 and R2

Slice May 30, 2025

The Journey to Faster Android Builds: How Slice Slashed Build Times

Tinder May 23, 2025

How We Decomposed Tinder's Monolith

Swift.org Blog Mar 31, 2025

Swift 6.1 Released

PickMe Mar 29, 2025

Design Android build variants for Multi-Tenant

Infinite Red Mar 11, 2025

Transitive Dependencies and React Native Autolinking

Swift.org Blog Feb 1, 2025

The Next Chapter in Swift Build Technologies

Teknasyon Jan 22, 2025

Code Optimization with ProGuard and R8 in Android

Duolingo Dec 18, 2024

How we sped up Android and iOS builds by 68% on CI

Infinite Red Dec 5, 2024

Automated EAS Updates in a bare React Native app with Multiple Flavors & Schemes

Google Oct 31, 2024

Android SDK Release Update

GitHub Jun 3, 2024

How GitHub reduced testing time for iOS apps with new runner features

Glovo Dec 18, 2023

Slashing Lead Times by 30%: The Impact of Using Explicit Types in JVM

React Native Blog Dec 6, 2023

React Native 0.73 Debugging Improvements and Stable Symlinks

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