[Release] Element Android v1.4.32

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Release checklist

Before the release

• [x] Weblate sync, fix lint issue if any (in a dedicated PR)
• [x] 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.
• [x] While Weblate is locked, and after the PR from Weblate has been merged, handle all the TODOs in the main strings.xml file
• [x] Run the script ./tools/release/pushPlayStoreMetaData.sh. You can check in the GooglePlay console the Activity log to check the effect.

Do the release

• [x] Make sure develop and main are up to date (git pull)
• [x] Checkout develop and create a release with gitflow, branch name release/1.2.3
• [x] Check the crashes from the PlayStore
• [x] Check the rageshake with the current dev version: https://github.com/matrix-org/element-android-rageshakes/labels/1.2.3-dev
• [x] Run the integration test, and especially UiAllScreensSanityTest.allScreensTest()
• [x] Create an account on matrix.org and do some smoke tests that the sanity test does not cover like: 1-1 call, 1-1 video call, Jitsi call for instance
• [x] Run towncrier: towncrier build --version v1.2.3 --draft (remove --draft do write the file CHANGES.md)
• [x] Check that the folder changelog.d is empty. It can happen that some remaining files stay here
• [x] Check the file CHANGES.md consistency. It's possible to reorder items (most important changes first) or change their section if relevant. Also an opportunity to fix some typo, or rewrite things
• [x] Add file for fastlane under ./fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/changelogs
• [x] (optional) Push the branch and start a draft PR (will not be merged), to check that the CI is happy with all the changes.
• [x] Finish release with gitflow, delete the draft PR (if created)
• [x] Push main and the new tag v1.2.3 to origin
• [x] Checkout develop
• [x] Increase version (versionPatch + 2) in ./vector/build.gradle
• [x] Change the value of SDK_VERSION in the file ./matrix-sdk-android/build.gradle
• [x] Commit and push develop
• [x] Wait for Buildkite to build the main branch.
• [x] Run the script ~/scripts/releaseElement.sh. It will download the APKs from Buildkite check them and sign them.
• [x] Install the APK on your phone to check that the upgrade went well (no init sync, etc.)
• [x] Create the release on gitHub from the tag, copy paste the block from the file CHANGES.md
• [x] Add the 4 signed APKs to the GitHub release
• [x] Ping the Android Internal room

Once tested and validated internally

• [x] Create a new open testing release on the GooglePlay console and upload the 4 signed Apks.
• [x] Check that the version codes are correct
• [x] Copy the fastlane change to the GooglePlay console in the section en-GB.
• [x] Push the open testing release to 100% of the users
• [x] Notify the F-Droid team here so that they can schedule the publication on F-Droid
• [ ] The application is available to the PlayStore testers (live). Google can take between 1 hour and up to 7 days to approve the release.
• [ ] The application is available to the F-Droid users.

Once open testing is live on PlayStore

• [ ] Ping the Android public room and update its topic

Once Live on F-Droid

• [ ] Update the Android public room topic

After at least 2 days (generally next Monday)

• [ ] Check the rageshakes
• [ ] Check the crash reports on the GooglePlay console
• [ ] Check the Android Element room for any reported issues on the new version
• [ ] 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.
• [ ] 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.

Once production is live on PlayStore

• [ ] Ping the Android public room and update its topic
• [ ] Add an entry in the internal diary

Android SDK2

The SDK2 and the sample app are released only when Element has been pushed to production.

• [ ] Checkout the main branch on Element Android project

On the SDK2 project

https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-android-sdk2

• [ ] Create a release with GitFlow
• [ ] Update the value of VERSION_NAME in the file gradle.properties
• [ ] Update the files ./build.gradle and ./gradle/gradle-wrapper.properties manually, to use the latest version for the dependency. You can get inspired by the same files on Element Android project.
• [ ] Run the script ./tools/import_from_element.sh
• [ ] Check the diff in the file ./matrix-sdk-android/build.gradle and restore what may have been erased (in particular the line apply plugin: "com.vanniktech.maven.publish" and the line about the version)
• [ ] Let the script finish to build the library
• [ ] Update the file CHANGES.md
• [ ] Finish the release using GitFlow
• [ ] Push the branch main, the new tag and the branch develop to origin

Release on MavenCentral

• [ ] Checkout the branch main
• [ ] Run the command ./gradlew publish --no-daemon --no-parallel. You'll need some non-public element to do so
• [ ] Run the command ./gradlew closeAndReleaseRepository. If it is working well, you can jump directly to the final step of this section.

If ./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:

• [ ] Connect to https://s01.oss.sonatype.org
• [ ] Click on Staging Repositories and check the the files have been uploaded
• [ ] Click on close
• [ ] Wait (check Activity tab until step "Repository closed" is displayed)
• [ ] Click on release. The staging repository will disappear

Final step

• [ ] Check that the release is available in https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/matrix/android/matrix-android-sdk2/ (it can take a few minutes)

Release on GitHub

• [ ] Create the release on GitHub from the tag
• [ ] Upload the AAR on the GitHub release

Android SDK2 sample

https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-android-sdk2-sample

• [ ] 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/
• [ ] Build and run the sample, you may have to fix some API break
• [ ] Commit and push directly on main