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No mails received after K9-Mail has been updated until App is manually opened
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Description
Describe the bug
When Google Play Store updated K9 Mail App you won't get notified about new E-Mails until you manually open K9-Mail again.
To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
- Let Google Play Store do an automatic update of K9-Mail
- Send an E-Mail to your account used by K9-Mail
- No notification of new Mail will be displayed
- Hours later open K9 Mail your mail from step 2 will be received (probably a lot of others, too).
Expected behavior
K9-Mail is restarted in background automatically if it has received an update.
Environment:
- K-9 Mail version: various, after each Update
- Android version: 11
- Device: Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite
- Account type: IMAP
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the problem on Android 11 after a Google Play Store update, then trace how the app resumes background mail checks and notifications after an update. Done means new messages trigger notifications without manually opening K-9 Mail.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- android, kotlin
- Domain
- mobile
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100