gplay release outdated (3.29.2 instead of 3.30.3)

[XueSheng-GIT]

Latest nextcloud gplay release is 23.29.2 (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nextcloud.client):

F-Droid offers version 3.30.0 and github indicates version 3.30.3 as latest.

Is it a bug that those newer releases are missing in gplay app store or is it done by intention?

[joshtrichards]

There does seem to be something off. We've received just two gplay edition crash Issues bug reports (of the auto-report variety) that are 3.30.x related (in comparison to eighty-five for generic). And we've had zero with 3.30.1 (but fifteen for generic).

We can't use 3.29.x to directly compare (since it was never published on F-Droid), but the gplay edition did receive 87 crash Issue auto-reports (some of which may even be because of availability...)

Incomplete, but the data is suggestive (and compelling).

• e.g. 3.30.0
  • gplay: 2 [direct installs maybe?]
  • generic: 70
  • https://github.com/nextcloud/android/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aclosed%2030300090%20gplay

Cc: @AndyScherzinger, @ZetaTom, @tobiasKaminsky

One potential upside is... It means fewer end-users were impacted by #13738 (which is not the point, but still noteworthy).

[Markoise]

I have the same problem. I would use F-Droid as the source, but then the notifications no longer work, right?

[cmrtdev]

As of yesterday the latest release is 3.30.4 (https://github.com/nextcloud/android/releases/tag/stable-3.30.4) but the Google Play Store still offers 3.29.2.

I'm actually looking forward to 3.30.x because of the sync improvements, any chance the release to Google Play Store can be tracked somewhere? I know it can take some time to happen, but it'd be nice to know that it's happening.

Thanks!

[MystikReasons]

Noticed this issue too today. Any ETA on this?

[tobiasKaminsky]

Google review is blocking us currently because we use the MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission, which was granted to us in early 2022, when it was introduced.
But suddenly they are not allowing us to use it.

Removing this permission would change auto upload behaviour quite a lot and thus I am in discussions with them, to keep this permission.

I will keep you updated.