K-9 for Android APK obsolete?

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Hello,
Noticed Thunderbird for Android released.
Is the K-9 for Android App obsolete or the plan is to maintain the same app with 2 package names?
Thanks

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Thunderbird for Android is currently only at beta status, so not suitable yet for users on the stable release of K-9.

I use the beta releases of K-9. I have installed the TfA beta and it seems to be working pretty well. I was able to export my K-9 settings to a file and import them to TfA for a quick start :slight_smile:

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Iā€™m using K-9 since eons and I prefer using it in front of Thunderbirdā€¦ But Iā€™m happy with the development progress that K9 has had since it joined Thunderbird.:wink:

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Are you able to run both apps on the same device at the same time to compare feature coverage and general operating behavior?

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Yes. Iā€™ve disabled notifications for K-9. Before I did that I was correctly getting 2 notifications per email

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I have them installed parallel but once I noticed that Thunderbird notifications came in first I ā€œfrozeā€ K-9. This way itā€™s still there and if need be I can enable it for any tests. :sunglasses:

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Thanks for that info.

In using the current beta of TfA have you noticed any major issues compared to K-9? Anything new and better?

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In my opinion left bar at Thunderbird is more polished than the one at k9.
Also, the messages view, with colorized email time at Thunderbird is also better.
Settings seems the same for both apps

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I compare K-9 Mail with one mobile carrierā€™s own email and Thunderbird with Gmail separately.
Both work fine.
I plan to add one account to K-9 Mail.

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No

  • The sidebar navigation invoked from the three lines menu, includes a ā€˜Show accountsā€™ option, which works well
  • Threaded view: If you click on a message that is part of a thread (you can tell because it includes the number of mails in the thread after the correspondent name) it open a view with all the emails in the thread visible. Not indented like in desktop Thunderbird, because the phone screen isnā€™t wide enough.

Iā€™m not going to write any more - just install it and try it for yourself :slight_smile: If you donā€™t like it, uninstall it again :slight_smile:

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