thunderbird
Added "Check for Updates" feature in Thunderbird Android
Checklist
- [X] I have used the search function to see if someone else has already submitted the same feature request.
- [X] I will describe the problem with as much detail as possible.
- [X] This issue only contains a request for one single feature, not multiple (related) features.
App version
8.0b2
Problem you are trying to solve
Added "Check for Updates" feature in Thunderbird Android。When you check that there is a new version, you can directly click Update. Firefox android doesn't have an update check function, and then if I want to update the new version of Firefox, I have to go to google play to download the update, but I'm in China, and I need to use a vpn to use Google play, which is very troublesome, so in order to avoid this from happening to thunderbird, I need to add the check update function
Suggested solution
Thunderbird needs to automatically detect updates like Firefox windows and download updates if they are available ...
Screenshots / Drawings / Technical details
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Note that for F-Droid Tracking Anti-Feature tag needed if the update checker will be enabled default.
- Checking for updates without your knowledge or permission
Examples of where it would not be applied - any of the above, if the functionality is opt-in (i.e. you are asked before it happens) and disabled by default.
And auto-updater/downloaders are strictly against F-Droid' inclusion policy.
The software must not download additional executable binary files (e.g. addons, auto-updates, etc.) without explicit user consent. Consent means it needs to be opt-in (it must not be harder to decline than to accept or presented in a way users are likely to press accept without reading) and structured in a way that clearly explains to users that they’re choosing to bypass F-Droid’s checks if they activate it.
You can simply use FFUpdater https://f-droid.org/packages/de.marmaro.krt.ffupdater/
I've made a pull request to FFUpdater to support this. I don't think we should be maintaining a separate update check feature within Thunderbird for Android.
https://github.com/Tobi823/ffupdater/pull/642
