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Mobile How DoorDash uses XcodeGen to eliminate project merge conflicts

At DoorDash, we work to implement efficient processes that can mitigate common conflicts within a large iOS development team. Part of those efforts involve using XcodeGen, a command line interface (CLI), to reduce merging conflicts within our various iOS teams. Here we will discuss its implementation to manage the intricate business scenarios and demanding requirements ...

Md Al Mamun

Michael Thole

15 Minute Read

Mobile

How We Reduced Our iOS App Launch Time by 60%

Learn how DoorDash went about optimizing our customers' experience and making continuous improvements in app launch times

Filip Busic 7 Minute Read

Mobile

How to Speed Up SwiftUI Development and Testing Using PreviewSnapshots

Check out PreviewSnapshots, an open-source preview snapshot tool that can share configurations between Xcode previews and snapshot tests

John Flanagan 9 Minute Read

Mobile

Adopting SwiftUI with a Bottom-Up Approach to Minimize Risk

Learn how DoorDash expanded the VIPER architecture to accelerate its engineers working on the iOS Dasher App

Terry Latanville

Md Al Mamun 15 Minute Read

Mobile

Programmatic Scrolling with SwiftUI ScrollView

Learn about DoorDash's journey exploring programmatic scrolling support in swiftUI. Check out the open sourced solution in this guide

Zoltan Lippai 15 Minute Read

Mobile

How the SwiftUI View Lifecycle and Identity work

we compare UIKit’s event-driven approach to SwiftUI’s data-driven one, then dive into the SwiftUI view cycle, identity, and rendering process

Mike Zaslavskiy

Anthony Williams

Ryan Zhang 20 Minute Read

Mobile

Why Apple’s New M1 Chips Are Essential for Rapid iOS Development

When looking for ways to help our iOS developers become more productive the first step was buying them the new M1 Max Macbook Pros.

Michael Thole 6 Minute Read

Mobile

Your Deep Links Might Be Broken: Web Intents and Android 12

Get ahead of the behavior changes in the latest Android 12 update by fixing deep links with web intents in this guide

Michael Yotive 10 Minute Read

Mobile

Eight Things We Learned from Implementing Payments in the DoorDash Android App

Avoid challenges in user experience, payment methods and fraud when implementing payments to an android with these 8 learnings.

Harsh Alkutkar 12 Minute Read

Backend Mobile

Improving Development Velocity with Generic, Server-Driven UI Components

Learn how Generic server driven UI enabled faster iterations and more experimentation on the DoorDash platform

Ashwin Kachhara

Alice Hyun

Afshin Dehghani 27 Minute Read

Backend Mobile Web

Overcoming Localization Challenges for International Expansions

DoorDash defined four key challenges to getting its platform ready for an international launch.

Noah Zempsky

Ethan Myers

Siddhartha Kakarla

Winston Zhao

Bryan Huang

Xilin Liu 18 Minute Read

Mobile Web

Building Chat Into the DoorDash App to Improve Deliveries

Learn how we overcame the technical challenges of implementing chat quickly and efficiently for all our Dasher and consumer applications.

Marina Mukhina 9 Minute Read

Mobile

Launching Dark Mode While Building a Scalable Design System

A large number of our DoorDash deliveries happen during the evening and in late night hours. Dashers, our delivery partners, were finding it really hard to use the Dasher app because the app’s bright screens did not adapt to the lower lighting conditions. The abundance of white in the design meant that critical information, such ...

Pradeep Devarabetta Mallikarjun

Laura Rodriguez

Gerardo Diaz 32 Minute Read