diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 3293d44a1e4b3c33610cf956aaf9acf8eb00f999..233c587ddfc665883a1deec39f654c14ec231f89 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,160 +1,6 @@
-image: registry.gitlab.e.foundation/e/os/docker-android-apps-cicd:master
+include:
+  - project: 'e/templates'
+    ref: gitlab-ci-apps
+    file: '/gitlab-ci/.ci-apps.yml'
 
-variables:
-  SENTRY_DSN: $SENTRY_DSN
-
-stages:
-  - debug
-  - release
-  - publish
-
-before_script:
-  - export GRADLE_USER_HOME=$(pwd)/.gradle
-  - chmod +x ./gradlew
-
-# Debug build related jobs
-buildDebug:
-  stage: debug
-  script:
-    - ./gradlew assembleDebug
-  artifacts:
-    paths:
-      - app/build/outputs/apk/debug/
-
-test:
-  stage: release
-  rules:
-    - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event"'
-      when: always
-  script:
-    - ./gradlew test -PtestAccountName="$testAccountName" -PtestAccountPwd="$testAccountPwd" -PtestServerUrl="$testServerUrl"
-  artifacts:
-    when: always
-    paths:
-      - app/build/test-results/*/TEST-*.xml
-      - app/build/reports/tests/*
-    reports:
-      junit: app/build/test-results/*/TEST-*.xml
-
-# Default lint configuration for debug builds
-# Manual as we don't want to run them generally for debug builds
-.lintDebugDefault:
-  stage: debug
-  when: manual
-  allow_failure: true
-
-lintDebug:
-  extends: .lintDebugDefault
-  script:
-    - ./gradlew lintDebug
-  artifacts:
-    paths:
-      - app/build/reports/
-
-# Release build related jobs
-
-# Default configuration for release builds
-# Only on "master", "merge_request_event" and protected branches
-buildRelease:
-  stage: release
-  allow_failure: false
-  rules:
-    - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event"'
-      when: always
-    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_REF_PROTECTED == "true"'
-      when: always
-    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH'
-      when: always
-    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG !~ "/^$/"'
-      when: always
-  script:
-    - ./gradlew assembleRelease
-  artifacts:
-    paths:
-      - app/build/outputs/apk/release/
-
-# Release jobs to generate signed artifacts
-.releaseSigned:
-  stage: release
-  allow_failure: false
-  before_script:
-    - export GRADLE_USER_HOME=$(pwd)/.gradle
-    - chmod +x ./gradlew
-    - echo "${KEYSTORE}" | base64 -d > keystore/proprietary.keystore
-  rules:
-    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH'
-      when: always
-    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_REF_PROTECTED == "true"'
-      when: always
-
-buildReleaseDev:
-  extends: .releaseSigned
-  script:
-    - ./gradlew assembleReleaseDev
-  artifacts:
-    paths:
-      - app/build/outputs/apk/releaseDev/
-
-buildReleaseStable:
-  extends: .releaseSigned
-  script:
-    - ./gradlew assembleReleaseStable
-  artifacts:
-    paths:
-      - app/build/outputs/apk/releaseStable/
-
-# Default lint configuration for release jobs
-.lintReleaseDefault:
-  stage: release
-  when: always
-  allow_failure: false
-
-lintRelease:
-  extends: .lintReleaseDefault
-  rules:
-    - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event"'
-      when: always
-  script:
-    - ./gradlew lintRelease
-    - ./gradlew detekt
-  artifacts:
-    paths:
-      - app/build/reports/
-      - build/reports/
-
-pushToPrebuilt:
-  stage: publish
-  needs: ["buildRelease"]
-  rules:
-    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG !~ "/^$/"'
-      when: manual
-    - when: never
-  variables:
-    NEW_APK_PATH: "app/build/outputs/apk/release/"
-  before_script:
-    - 'which ssh-agent || ( apt update -y && apt install openssh-client -y )'
-    - eval $(ssh-agent -s)
-    - echo "$SSH_E_ROBOT_PRIVATE_KEY" | tr -d '\r' | ssh-add - > /dev/null
-    - mkdir -p ~/.ssh
-    - chmod 700 ~/.ssh
-    - echo "$SSH_KNOWN_HOSTS" > ~/.ssh/known_hosts
-    - chmod 644 ~/.ssh/known_hosts
-    - git config --global user.email "gitlab@e.foundation"
-    - git config --global user.name "gitlab"
-  script:
-    - NEW_APK_NAME=$(basename ${NEW_APK_PATH}*-release.apk)
-    - NEW_APK_VERSION=$(awk -F '-' '{print $2}' <<< "$NEW_APK_NAME")
-    - echo $NEW_APK_NAME
-    - echo $NEW_APK_VERSION
-    - git lfs clone git@gitlab.e.foundation:e/os/android_prebuilts_prebuiltapks_lfs.git
-    - cd android_prebuilts_prebuiltapks_lfs
-    - rm Apps/*-release.apk
-    - mv ../${NEW_APK_PATH}/${NEW_APK_NAME} Apps/
-    # todo: improve to replace sed command, by a new one based on REGEXP (instead of using line number)
-    - sed -i "6s/.*/LOCAL_SRC_FILES := ${NEW_APK_NAME}/" Apps/Android.mk
-    - git add Apps
-    - git status
-    - git commit -m "App Lounge - ${NEW_APK_VERSION}, ${CI_COMMIT_TAG}" -m "From ${CI_COMMIT_SHA}, pipeline ${CI_PIPELINE_ID}"
-    - git push
-    # Sometimes a single push doesn't do all the job, so we have to push twice
-    - git push
+# finishing the script