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Gradle "Build Finished Plugin": How to ensure compatibility with older Gradle versions

Our Advanced CI team is always trying to push what we have further, which often means we have to support APIs and code that are not yet fully stable. On the other hand, we are bound to support projects that are using deprecated code to a certain extent. This is particularly true for build systems that are rapidly changing to support the needs of application developers, such as Gradle.

Beyond the cloud: Inside Bitrise's data center for faster mobile CI

In this webinar, Arpad Kun, VP of Infrastructure and Engineering at Bitrise, sat down with Solutions Architect Lex Zavala to reveal how our team addressed the pain points of traditional cloud-hosted CI and how Bitrise went all-in on a hybrid model—anchored in custom-built infrastructure. The Bitrise engineering team brought software and hardware together and built a vertically integrated, hybrid macOS/Linux private cloud in strategically located data centers to solve the biggest challenges of managing mobile CI/CD at scale.

From CI pipelines to sheet-metal sorcery: Bitrise introduces "Mini Orchard"

TL;DR – No flaky builds because of “data‑center air” at Bitrise! We built our own chassis that can talk to the Bitrise scheduler, can pre‑cool itself, and squeezes 32 Mac minis into a 6 rack unit oversized pizza box—while looking downright gorgeous doing it. We call it the mini Orchard.

The Benefits of Continuous Integration: A Guide to Streamlining Your Business

DevOps is the delivery process that focuses on the cross-functional approach of building and shipping applications in a faster manner through automation of infrastructure, workflow as well as performance evaluation. One of the most essential components of DevOps is CI/CD, which acronym for continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD).

Deploy your app to Google Play with Codemagic CLI tools and GitHub Actions

We previously explored how Codemagic CLI tools can streamline iOS app deployment to App Store Connect with GitHub Actions. The Codemagic team has continuously improved these tools, extending their capabilities to Android releases on Google Play Console.

New: Discover the true cost of mobile CI/CD with the Bitrise savings calculator!

When you think about CI/CD costs, license fees and compute minutes probably come to mind first. But that's just part of the story—especially for mobile. The real cost? Engineering hours lost to fiddly VM maintenance, endless stack upkeep, tooling drift, and waiting on slow builds. This inefficiency hits your bottom line hard, but it's pretty tough to quantify it on a spreadsheet. That’s where the Bitrise ROI calculator comes in.