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82 lines
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name: Release checklist
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description: Checklist for each release. This template is only for the core team.
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title: "[Release] Element Android v"
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labels: [🚀 Release]
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assignees:
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- bmarty
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body:
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- type: textarea
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id: checklist
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attributes:
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label: Release checklist
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If you are reading this, you have deleted the content of the release template: undo the deletion or start again.
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### Before the release
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- [ ] Weblate sync, fix lint issue if any (in a dedicated PR)
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- [ ] Check the update of the store descriptions (using Google Translate if necessary) to ensure that the changes are acceptable to be published to the stores.
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- [ ] While Weblate is locked, and after the PR from Weblate has been merged, handle all the TODOs in the main `strings.xml` file
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- [ ] Run the script `./tools/release/pushPlayStoreMetaData.sh`. You can check in the GooglePlay console the Activity log to check the effect.
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- [ ] Ensure all [the required PRs](https://github.com/element-hq/element-android/pulls?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Apr+label%3AZ-NextRelease) have been merged
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### Do the release
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- [ ] Run the script ./tools/release/releaseScript.sh and follow the steps.
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### Once tested and validated internally
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- [ ] Create a new open testing release on the GooglePlay console and upload the 4 signed Apks.
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- [ ] Check that the version codes are correct
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- [ ] Copy the fastlane change to the GooglePlay console in the section en-GB.
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- [ ] Push the open testing release to 100% of the users
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- [ ] Notify the F-Droid team [here](https://matrix.to/#/!LAAuJLQXYHjMNWKrCK:matrix.org?via=matrix.org&via=bubu1.eu&via=lant.uk) so that they can schedule the publication on F-Droid
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- [ ] The application is available to the PlayStore testers (live). Google can take between 1 hour and up to 7 days to approve the release.
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- [ ] The application is available to the F-Droid users.
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### Once open testing is live on PlayStore
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- [ ] Ping the Android public room and update its topic
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### Once Live on F-Droid
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- [ ] Update the Android public room topic
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### After at least 2 days (generally next Monday)
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- [ ] Check the [rageshakes](https://github.com/matrix-org/element-android-rageshakes/issues)
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- [ ] Check the crash reports on the GooglePlay console
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- [ ] Check the Android Element room for any reported issues on the new version
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- [ ] If all is OK, promote the open testing release to production. Generally using a 100% roll out, but can be a smaller value depending on the release content.
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- [ ] The application is available to the PlayStore users (live). Google can take (again!) between 1 hour and up to 7 days to approve the release.
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### Once production is live on PlayStore
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- [ ] Ping the Android public room and update its topic
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- [ ] Add an entry in the internal diary
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### Android SDK2
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The SDK2 and the sample app are released only when Element has been pushed to production.
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- [ ] On the [SDK2 project](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-android-sdk2), run the script ./tools/releaseScript.sh and follow the instructions.
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Note: if the step `./gradlew closeAndReleaseRepository` fails (for instance, several repositories are waiting to be handled), you have to close and release the repository manually. Do the following steps:
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- [ ] Connect to https://s01.oss.sonatype.org
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- [ ] Click on Staging Repositories and check the the files have been uploaded
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- [ ] Click on close
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- [ ] Wait (check Activity tab until step "Repository closed" is displayed)
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- [ ] Click on release. The staging repository will disappear
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### Android SDK2 sample
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https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-android-sdk2-sample
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- [ ] Update the dependency to the new version of the SDK2. It can take a few minutes for MavenCentral to make the library available. You can check status on https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/matrix/android/matrix-android-sdk2/
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- [ ] Build and run the sample, you may have to fix some API break
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- [ ] Commit and push directly on `main`
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validations:
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