android_terminal/docs/releaseChecklist.md

## Terminal Emulator for Android Release Checklist

# Test on 1.5

# Test on 1.6

# Test on 2.1

# Test on 2.2

# Test on 2.3

# Test on 4.0

# Test on 4.1

# Test with Swype

(Has to be on a real device, Swype beta won't run on an emulator.)

# Update ./term/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml version number

Update both android:versionName and android:versionCode.

# Commit changes

# Tag git branch with version number

git tag v1.0.xx

# Push git to repository

git push
git push --tags

# Build release apk

tools/build-release

(Will only work if you have the signing keys for the app.)

# Publish to the Google Play Store

https://play.google.com/apps/publish

The Android Developer Console Publishing UI is error prone:

1) Click on the "Terminal Emulator for Android" link.

2) Click on the APK files tab

3) Upload your new APK.

4) Activate it by clicking on the Activate link

5) Click on the "Save" button.

6) Click on the "Product Details button".

7) Fill in the "Listing Details" for the new version.

8) Click on the "Save" button

9) Visit https://play.google.com/apps/publish and verify that the new version is listed as the current version.

10) Verify that Google Play Store is serving the new version
(check the "What's New" portion.)

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jackpal.androidterm

(Note, it can take several hours for the app to appear in the store.)

# Update the Terminal Emulator for Android Wiki

https://github.com/jackpal/Android-Terminal-Emulator/wiki/Recent-Updates

# Publish a new pre-compiled version of the APK for people who can't access Market.

Github serves pages out of branch gh-pages , directory downloads/Term.apk
Also update the version number in index.html

  cp ./term/build/outputs/apk/Term.apk /tmp
  git checkout gh-pages
  mv /tmp/Term.apk downloads/Term.apk
  git add downloads/Term.apk
  subl index.html
  # Update version save index.html
  git add index.html
  git commit -m "Update to version v1.0.xx"
  git push
  git checkout master

Public URL is http://jackpal.github.com/Android-Terminal-Emulator/downloads/Term.apk