how-to-release.md

How to release this app

In case I forget it again :)

1. Create Release Candidate

To start a release run the "Create Release Candidate" Action in GitHub Actions. This will create a release/x.x.x branch.

On this branch it will update the Android Version Code & Name and update the oss report.

Afterwords it will create a PR into master like: "Release x.x.x". Review this PR before stepping forward.

2. Merge in master

Once you reviewed the release PR you can approve and merge it into master.

3. Build Release Artifacts

After merging into master you can run the "Build and Upload Signed Release" GitHub Action.

This will, on master, build a standalone and Google Play version of Photok and sign it. These Artifacts will be uploaded to GitHub and to leonlatsch's private cloud.

4. Create GitHub & GPlay Release

Preparations

GitHub

Once you have the Artifacts, you can draft a new GitHub Release. For Patch Notes, just use the auto generated ones and remove the release pr's.

Upload the standalone version to the GitHub release and save the draft.

Google Play

For Google Play, create a new release in the Play Console. Upload the gplay (aab) version of Photok there.

For Patch Notes, summarize the auto generated ones in nice english/german.

Publishing

Once both releases are prepared, publish both at the same time. F-Droid will be automatically released with the GitHub tag being created.

5. Finish Release

Once Google Play has accepted the Release, create a PR to merge master back into develop and merge it.

Congrats the release is finished!