Release x.y.z - Roadmap

Planned RC1: ~2+ weeks before a stable and 6 week after latest feature/mayor release / replace with date

Release/EOL Management preparations (do this when creating new roadmap)

• Create milestone
• Check if oldest Android version is EOL by Google and user usage <= 0.5% and drop it if so for all apps (talk, files, notes)
  • Search for usage of Build.VERSION_CODES.xy
  • Announce it in changelog

Create stable-x.y branch & use it for release (when releasing RC1)

• Create branch stable-x.y
• Update stableBranchin scripts/analysis/analysis-wrapper.sh to stable-x.y on stable branch
• Check that transifex bot still works
• Enable branch to be analyzed on codacy
• Update versionCode in app/build.gradle on master to next minor version

Test app with all supported Android versions

• Access all activities/controllers
• Chat: previews (media/contacts), text/voice-messages, reply/swipe-reply, delete, share file
• Call: audio/video
• Switch accounts
• Dark/light theme

All tests on

• Android 5
• Android 6
• Android 7
• Android 8
• Android 9
• Android 10
• Android 11
• Android 12
• Android 13

RC1

• Bump versionCode in app/build.gradle file
• Replace screenshots (https://github.com/nextcloud/screenshots/)
• Verify that the new version number is shown in settings

• Inform marketing about changelog and expected release date

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

• Bump versionCode in app/build.gradle file
• Verify that the new version number is shown in settings
• Tag version as "vx.y.z" (as in ^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$)

• Verify that it is shown on F-Droid (within 24h)
• In case there were security issues fixed ping the security team

After release

• x.y - 1
  • Delete stable-x.y-1 branch
• x.y
  • Create milestone vx.y.1
  • Schedule x.y.1 RC1 3 weeks after stable, release ~4 weeks
  • Create overview issue
• x.y + 1
  • Create milestone x.y+1
  • Create overview issue & adjust date, handle bumps

Backports:

• App backport requests

Open PRs:

• Milestone

Marketing:
@jospoortvliet

Use this checklist as the release plan, starting with the milestone and stable-x.y branch steps. Read scripts/analysis/analysis-wrapper.sh and app/build.gradle, then review the supported Android-version test matrix and RC1/final-release checks. Done means the release branch, version metadata, testing, tags, and post-release milestones are all handled.