Thunderbird for Android 8.0b2 (beta)

Features:

• Always show all folders in the manage folders screen
• Import accounts from Desktop via QR codes
• Removed folder display classes

Fixes:

• Fixed a topcrash occurring with when removing accounts
• Improve robustness of XML settings files, missing elements will be skipped
• Welcome text is now properly aligned
• Update support link to point to support.mozilla.org
• Resolve a few accessibility warnings from the pre-launch report
• Star button now has an accessible name

Development and and Documentation:

• Added initial release build automation
• Replaced deprecated kotlinOptions with compilerOptions
• Cleanup of gradle and build plugin
• Updated translations

Thunderbird for Android:

• Temporarily removed telemetry while we improve user choice
• The initial implementation for funding has landed and is available on Github Releases builds (and in the future also the f-droid version)

Known Issues

• The settings import will also show apps that do not yet support the settings import and fail reading the settings
• The drawer will not update when you change starred accounts
• There are some issues importing more than one account which we will address for beta 3 (#8260). You'll notice this if you import from K-9 or use the new QR code import feature
• Thunderbird Desktop is not quite ready yet with the QR code feature. It will land in Thunderbird Desktop Daily in the next few days.

Contributors

• @ShellWen made their first contribution in #8189
• @jfx2006 made their first contribution in #8192
• Thank you also to @Yogeshjindal, @cketti, @wmontwe, @kewisch

Full Changelog: THUNDERBIRD_8_0b1...THUNDERBIRD_8_0b2