Stack deprecations effective June 8, 2019 - Xcode 9.2 and Hybrid stack, with both Android tools and Xcode 8

[mikloslorinczi]

The following stacks are now deprecated and scheduled to be removed after June 8, 2019:

• Xcode 9.2
• Hybrid stack, with both Android tools and Xcode 8 (Xamarin stable)

Users on these stack types will be migrated as follows:

• Xcode 9.2 Xcode 9.4
• Hybrid stack, with both Android tools and Xcode 8 Xcode 8.3

Xcode 8.3 will be provisioned with Android tools by the time of deprecation

Deprecation is also presented on the bitrise.io website, everywhere the stack’s title / description is presented, including the stack selector.

You can read more about our stack update and deprecation policies in the topic below:

How are the bitrise.io stacks updated and with what frequency? What's the stack deprecation / removal policy?

The stacks on bitrise.io are updated every weekend, but what’s updated depends on the stack. There are stacks where only certain caches are updated (no preinstalled tools etc.), and there are stacks which are completely re-built every week. You can find the update type of the stacks below. Xcode stacks Xcode stacks, except the “Edge” one, are built once, and are not updated at all, except with Bitrise CLI related updates, dependency manager cache updates and with critical fixes. These are Stabl…

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