Release checklist - generate APK

on the command-line:

update core rust submodule, if needed: $ ./tools/update-core.sh $ ./tools/clean-core.sh # to be sure nothing gets mixed up
$ ./ndk-make.sh

this will take some time - meanwhile we're doing some housekeeping:

update translations and local help: $ ./tools/tx-pull-translations.sh $ cd ../deltachat-pages; ./tools/create-local-help.py; cd ../deltachat-ios
update CHANGELOG.md (the core-changelog at https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-core-rust/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md and the "N commits to master since last release" on https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-android/releases gives some hints)

in Android Studio:

bump version in gradle.build, update both, versionCode and versionName
if ./ndk-make.sh from step 2. is finished successfully: a) select "Build / Generate signed APK" (not: App Bundle as this would require uploading the signing key) b) select flavor gplayRelease with V1 signature enabled (needed for easy APK verification), V2 is optional

on success, the generated APK is at gplay/release/deltachat-gplay-release-VERSION.apk

Upload APK to get.delta.chat

$ cd gplay/release $ rsync deltachat-gplay-release-VERSION.apk jekyll@download.delta.chat:/var/www/html/download/android/ (you need the private SSH key of the jekyll user; you can find it in this file: https://github.com/hpk42/otf-deltachat/blob/master/secrets/delta.chat It is protected with git-crypt - after installing it, you can decrypt it with git crypt unlock. If your key isn't added to the secrets, you can ask on irc add you. Add the key to your ~/.ssh/config for the host, or to your ssh-agent, so rsync is able to use it)

a) open "Delta Chat/Release management/App releases/Open track/Manage" then "Create release/Browse files" and select APK from above b) fill out "What's new in this release?" (500 characters max) c) click "Save" and then "Review" d) rollout to 20% by default is fine

F-Droid picks on the tags starting with "v" and builds the version. This may take some days.