Android: Release 3.11.0 - Roadmap

[AndyScherzinger]

Planned RC1: 02.03.20

Create stable-x.y branch & use it for release

• [x] create branch stable-3.11 (no ".x" anymore due to backport bot)
  
  
  
  • [x] make it protected
  
  
  • [x] set up Codacy, Drone as required status
  
  
  • [x] enable branch to be analyzed on codacy
  
  
• [x] change on App
  
  
  
  • [x] drone.yml
  
  
  • [x] getBranchName.sh
  
  
  • [x] analysis-wrapper.sh
  
  
  • [x] add to backport transifex stable branch, use latest two stable branches
  
  
  • [x] check that transifex bot still works
  
  
• [x] change on Lib
  
  
  
  • [x] drone.yml
  
  
  • [x] getBranchName.sh
  
  
  • [x] analysis-wrapper.sh
  
  

Bump

• [x] release new library version with rc1 tag & use this is in app
• [x] release new SSO if needed
• [x] Bump version name and version code in build.gradle files
• [x] Update CHANGELOG.md adding new features
• [x] Update version on master to next major version
• [x] check if oldest Android version is EOL by Google and user usage <= 0.5% and drop it if so (--> drop Android 4.1) #5594
• [x] With minSDK=17 #4480 should be reactivated to get that depedency updated (which requires Android minSDK=17)
• [ ] check if code is outdated due to last supported server version @NextcloudServer annotation
• [ ] bump version in MainApp
  
  
  
  • [ ] OUTDATED_SERVER_VERSION according https://github.com/nextcloud/server/wiki/Maintenance-and-Release-Schedule (e.g. NC12)
  
  
  • [ ] MINIMUM_SUPPORTED_SERVER_VERSION: latest end of life + 1 year (e.g. NC13 end of life 2019-02-28 + 1 year = 2020-02-28)
  
  
  • [ ] add these versions to changelog
  
  
• [ ] remove support for server older MINIMUM_SUPPORTED_SERVER_VERSION
• [ ] do the same on library
• [x] add what's new slides

Test app with all supported Android version

• access all activities
• auto upload
• upload / download files/folders
• use external sdcard
• what's new slides correctly shown on first start

All tests on

• [ ] Android 4
• [ ] Android 5
• [ ] Android 6
• [ ] Android 7
• [ ] Android 8
• [ ] Android 9
• [ ] Android 10

RC1

• [x] Verify that the new version number is shown in settings
• [x] Verify that logging is enabled
• [x] add $version.txt to /fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/changelogs/ to support GPlay version info
• [x] Tag new version as rc-3.11.0-01 with private dev key (not on github)
• [x] Build and release to Play Store as beta release and :shipit:
• [x] Publish it on f-droid as optional release: edit metadata and open new merge request on gitlab
• [ ] Verify that it is shown on f-droid (within 24h)

Final Release, after two weeks time (max) of latest RC release

• [ ] set library to final tag
• [ ] replace screenshots (https://github.com/nextcloud/screenshots/tree/master/android/phone)
• [ ] Verify that the new version number is shown in settings
• [ ] Verify that logging is disabled
• [ ] update translations from transifex
• [ ] Test that what's new is shown correctly on upgrade
• [ ] add $version.txt to /fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/changelogs/ to support GPlay version info
• [ ] Tag new version as stable-3.11.0 with private dev key (not on github)
• [ ] Build and release to Play Store as stable release and :shipit:
• [ ] Publish it on f-droid as release: edit metadata, bump "current version" and open new merge request on gitlab
• [ ] Verify that it is shown on f-droid (within 24h)

Backports:

• App
• Library

Open PRs:

• Milestone

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[tobiasKaminsky]

RC1 released

[AndyScherzinger]

@tobiasKaminsky

check if oldest Android version is EOL by Google and user usage <= 0.5% and drop it if so (--> drop Android 4.1)

--> Android 4.1 at 0,1% --> Drop 4.1

[tobiasKaminsky]

RC2 released

[tobiasKaminsky]

RC3 released

[tobiasKaminsky]

RC4 released

[InfamousUser]

Why does the official blog post say: "This version of the nextcloud Android client (version 3.11.0) is supported on Android 4.1 and newer." when I just read here that 4.1 it has been dropped?

[tobiasKaminsky]

Plan was to drop it already with this version, but 4.1 is still supported:
https://github.com/nextcloud/android/blob/stable-3.11/build.gradle#L132

[AndyScherzinger]

We missed to drop it so 3.11 is the last feature release supporting 4.1, so 3.12 will support 4.2+