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nxtbl | 1 year ago

They are keeping both:

"Quite a few people seem to love K-9 Mail and have asked us to keep the robot dog around. We believe it should be relatively little effort to build two apps from one code base. The apps would be virtually identical and only differ in app name, app icon, and the color scheme. So our current plan is to keep K-9 Mail around."

https://blog.thunderbird.net/2023/12/when-will-thunderbird-f...

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nixosbestos|1 year ago

Isn't that something a single App can do? I have some apps that allow you to change their icon, at least...

I guess if you have a CI pipeline it's easy to copy/paste or add a Matrix job, but it seems like an odd choice.

Timon3|1 year ago

Not if you want to keep previous app installations updatable etc. while also having a different app ID.

devsda|1 year ago

Having two separate apps has additional benefit of acting like insurance against any automated/manual playstore review surprises.

9cb14c1ec0|1 year ago

Incredibly easy if you figure out how to use Android build variants.

I'm using and loving Thunderbird for Android.