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May 2024

Optimize Mobile App Testing for Speed, Scale, and Coverage

Hosted By: Maxwell Newsom, Solution Engineer, Sauce Labs Ashwini Sathe, Senior Group Product Marketing Manager, Sauce Labs Background: As the mobile industry experiences explosive growth, delivering quality mobile apps at speed and maintaining a seamless customer experience has never been more important. In fact, after using Sauce Labs, customers improved release speeds by up to 50% and achieved a 46% uptick in weekly code deployments.

Master Kotlin Enums: A Comprehensive Guide

In Kotlin, an enum (short for enumerator) is a special kind of predefined Kotlin data type used to store and represent a fixed set of named constant values, often simply referred to as constants. Each constant is an object, meaning they can have properties and methods, these are enums and are useful for representing elements that are fixed (for example days of the week) and don’t change.

Mobile DevOps Release Management | Permission settings for Admins, Developers and Testers

Welcome to our Release Management for iOS playlist! Release Management is available to all team members of an app's team, but not everyone can access all functions. Use the Release Manager role to keep your release process secure and reliable.

Enhanced Security, More Control with GitHub App

Blog post summary: We have a new, improved way to integrate with GitHub using a GitHub App. It offers a more secure connection and granular control of which repositories Bitrise can access. Full integration with GitHub Checks allows developers to quickly identify if their changes have broken any existing functionality, improving workflow efficiency.

Reactive Programming In Swift: Using RxSwift

Our users surprise us every day. They constantly find new and exciting ways to use our apps, and create all kinds of edge cases with their behaviour. As developers, it’s impossible to predict every single edge case. What we can do, however, is train our apps to react, and this is the core of Reactive programming, a development paradigm which has rapidly gained popularity for Swift programmers in recent years.

A Ride Towards the Successful Bike Taxi App Development

Bike-Taxi Apps: Hailing as the powerful giant who emerged to take control, take charge, and change the commutation landscape! But are you aware of the rising popularity of bike taxi app development? According to GlobeNewswire, the market for online taxi services will increase from $34.82 billion in 2022 to $38.54 billion in 2023, growing at a 10.7% CAGR. Actually, we are talking about way ahead of 2023.

What's the impact of fintech on banking industry?

Are you aware of the fact that India’s overall fintech market opportunity is estimated to be $1.3 Tn by 2025, growing at a CAGR of 31% during 2021-2025? This one statement paved the way for the FinTech revolution in India and is still growing… In just a few years, the emergence of fintech-powered technologies has revolutionized the financial sector, affecting how both large and small firms deal with their finances and transactions.

Flutter AI Integration: Developing Next-gen Mobile Apps

Have you ever wondered how mobile apps are becoming more personalized and providing enriching experiences? Well, one of the key trends shaping the future of mobile app development is the integration of Artificial Intelligence. With AI, apps can now interact, function, and adapt in new ways to create truly unique experiences for users. As a consequence, Flutter, a popular framework for mobile app development, is becoming a go-to choice for many developers when it comes to integrating AI into their apps.

Mobile Testing Strategies for Maximizing ROI

Hosted By: Marcus Merrell, Staff Product Marketing & Testing Strategist, Sauce Labs Diego Molina, Staff Software Engineer, Sauce Labs Background: While manual testing with physical devices stymies innovation, collaboration, scale, and productivity, making the move to cloud-based device testing leads to reduced risk, improved efficiency, and faster time-to-market. Watch the webinar replay to explore.

How much is the cost to develop a flutter app?

When it comes to developing cross-platform apps, Flutter is one of the top choices that comes to developers' minds. But, what’s the reason behind it? Thanks to the innovative cross-platform development capabilities offered by the Flutter framework, creating native applications for both Android and iOS platforms has become remarkably simple.

Web CI on Bitrise: Beta announcement

Mobile developers love using Bitrise, and we get it. But we also know your products and automation workflows extend beyond just mobile apps. That's why we're thrilled to announce Bitrise's expansion into web CI/CD! While in beta, this is your chance to help shape an industry-leading solution for your entire development process.

Implementing iOS Universal Links for Enhanced App-Web Navigation

Universal Links are an iOS feature allowing seamless integration between web content and native iOS apps. With iOS Universal Links we can intelligently configure a specific web URL, associating it with our iOS app so it will open directly when the URL is clicked.

Maintaining Mobile App Quality at Scale with Mobile App Testing

The success of your mobile app depends not just on how well the application is working at first, but also on its consistent delivery of excellent user experience. Customers today have an extensive range of alternatives in this rapidly evolving & competitive mobile market. Any problem with the application's performance and user experience can lead to users being discontent with the mobile app. This results in users abandoning the application.

Why should you put gear towards digital transformation in the Automotive Industry?

Just be honest, when you were 12 years old, did you ever imagine that your life would be this much digitalized by 2024? If you take your memories a decade back, wouldn’t it be difficult for you to think about how technology will be so infused into your lives in the coming years? Well, as you know every industry has been now digitalized directly or indirectly and the Automotive industry is no exception.

App distribution tools (and AppCenter alternatives) that will make your developer life easier

Discover alternative mobile app distribution platforms as Microsoft phases out AppCenter. This post provides insights into the essential features of a good distribution tool and guides you in selecting the best solution for your app release needs.

Write Better Code Using Swift Enums: A Detailed Guide

In Swift, an enum (short for enumeration) is a powerful feature that allows us to define a data type with a fixed set of related values so we can work with those values in a type-safe way within our code. In this article we’ll be taking a closer look at Swift enums and their applications in Swift, as well as providing some real-world examples of how we could deploy them in our builds.

Digital Transformation in Aviation Industry: What's your take?

Airports are now heavily inclined towards integrating self-baggage drop facilities to ensure a hassle-free experience and eliminate long-standing queues. Plus, some airports are also introducing smart baggage trolleys to help passengers locate wherever they want to go at just their fingertips. Well, these are just a few of the innovations in the Aviation industry because the list is never-ending. Nevertheless, did you know that the airports using this new technology have seen some amazing results?

Decoding Mobile App Testing: 7 Crucial Benefits of On-Premise Physical Devices versus Real Device Cloud Environments

In the dynamic space of mobile app development, testing methodologies play a pivotal role in ensuring the quality and functionality of applications across diverse devices and platforms. Traditionally, on-premise physical device testing has been the norm, offering unparalleled insights into real-world scenarios. However, real device cloud testing has revolutionized the landscape, providing newfound agility and scalability.