[nxtbl]

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...

[nixosbestos]

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]

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

[devsda]

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

[RicoElectrico]

Quite the opposite I think, some braindead bot can count that as spoofing or something.

[bayindirh]

They are coming from the same developer with the same certificates, how come?

[exe34]

the rules aren't meant to make sense, they're there to make a profit. individuals are sacrificed everyday to the god of profits.

[9cb14c1ec0]

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

I'm using and loving Thunderbird for Android.