Android device smoke checklist

Use this for the OnePlus/Android v1-prep pass. Record the APK SHA-256, device model, Android version, and whether the run is a clean install or an upgraded install with existing app data.

Setup

• Install the release or dev APK and start with network on.
• Confirm Settings > Advanced > Diagnostics loads without blocking app boot.
• Turn airplane mode on once the initial catalogs/settings have loaded, then relaunch Ark and confirm Home, Notes, Library, Map, Tools, and Settings still open.
• Keep any DB backup path reported by SQLCipher encryption/decryption until restart and data checks are complete.

Security and database

• Fresh install: skip passphrase protection, finish onboarding, restart Ark, and confirm notes open without unlock and Diagnostics reports Plaintext database when SQLCipher is available.
• Settings > Security: turn on passphrase protection, restart, confirm protected notes require unlock, then turn passphrase protection off and confirm notes open without unlock again.
• Settings > Security: use Encrypt DB, restart, and confirm notes, documents, chats, maps, and settings still load; then use Use Plaintext, restart, and confirm the same data still loads.
• Encrypted install: change the vault passphrase, force-close/restart, confirm the old passphrase fails and the new passphrase unlocks.
• Autolock: with passphrase protection on, set a short timeout, background longer than the timeout, return to Ark, and confirm protected notes require unlock.

Downloads and maps

• Start a guide/model/ZIM download, pause, resume, cancel, and retry a failed item from Settings > Advanced > Downloads.
• Tap a running, paused, and failed download notification; it should open the matching detail sheet.
• Download a preset map, force-close/restart, enable airplane mode, and confirm the downloaded region, saved pins, and region status remain usable.
• From the map Offline Maps sheet, run Download visible area; verify the saved region bounds match the current viewport closely enough.
• Search places with network on, then repeat offline; online places should become cached places only after they were seen online.

Navigation

• Download a map preset that includes navigation data.
• In Diagnostics, confirm Routing engine: active and Routing data: ready before road routing.
• Build a route between saved spots inside the downloaded region.
• Confirm road routing uses the graph when available; otherwise, the direct-line fallback reason should name the missing condition.

Knowledge packs and readers

• Open installed guide PDFs and verify chapter jumps in Hesperian First Aid, Where There Is No Doctor, and FM 21-76.
• Open a real ZIM archive, search/open an article, follow an in-article link, use Back, and verify tables/infoboxes remain readable in dark theme.
• Use the reader actions sheets for guide, ZIM, and document read-aloud; TTS should show Preparing only before audio starts, then Stop or Stop reading while speaking.
• Import a searchable PDF, a scanned PDF, and an image with text. Verify OCR/text status, retry, and document RAG citations.
• In document detail, keep Open file as the primary action and verify read aloud, rename, and delete from Document Actions.

AI and source search

• Install or import one GGUF answer model and send a short Ask Arky prompt.
• Stop an in-flight response and verify only that thread is canceled.
• Switch source search from Fast to Thorough, watch rebuild progress/coverage, then test failed rebuild rollback if possible.
• Tap chat citations for guide, document, ZIM, note, RSS, and map sources.
• Confirm ark-hash-v2 only appears when Battery Reduce Mode makes the fallback relevant.

Backup and appearance

• Export an encrypted backup with notes, documents, chat, saved map spots/routes, RSS feeds, and settings.
• On a clean install, import that backup and confirm durable records return while caches/downloads do not.
• Test OLED, Dark, Light, System theme, and accent swatches; verify contrast on Android Material You System accent.

Still not proved by this checklist

• iOS Valhalla routing now compiles/links in the simulator native build, but remains unproved until a device route with a ready graph passes.
• OpenFreeMap Liberty/Dark is the built-in production fallback style; full OSM-derived POI/PMTiles coverage is still a separate data-pipeline decision beyond the bundled/cached place index.
• Device-root vs vault-derived SQLCipher keying remains a production security decision even if optional SQLCipher proof passes.