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Author: langsmith

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+### RELEASE_VERSION_NUMBER-alpha.1 pre-release checklist 
+
+- [ ] Update the SNAPSHOT version in this repo's `README.md` file 
+- [ ] Change version name to `RELEASE_VERSION_NUMBER-alpha.1` in this repo's `gradle.properties` (make sure to remove `-SNAPSHOT`)
+- [ ] Create a new release in Github with a release title of `Mapbox Java SDK vRELEASE_VERSION_NUMBER-alpha.1` and a tag version of `vRELEASE_VERSION_NUMBER-alpha.1`. This will publish artifacts to Bintray.
+- [ ] Change version name back to having `-SNAPSHOT` at the end
+- [ ] Update this repo's `CHANGELOG.md`
+
+### RELEASE_VERSION_NUMBER-alpha.1 pre-release testing
+- [ ] Create a pull request in [`/mapbox-gl-native`](https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-native) that updates the Mapbox Maps SDK for Android's Java SDK dependency to `RELEASE_VERSION_NUMBER-alpha.1`
+- [ ] Create a pull request in [the Mapbox Navigation SDK for Android repo](https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-navigation-android) that updates the Nav SDK's Java SDK dependency to `RELEASE_VERSION_NUMBER-alpha.1`
+- [ ] Report any regressions on this ticket
+
+### RELEASE_VERSION_NUMBER-alpha.2 pre-release checklist 
+- [ ] Change version name to `RELEASE_VERSION_NUMBER-alpha.2` in this repo's `gradle.properties` (make sure to remove `-SNAPSHOT`)
+- [ ] Change version name back to having `-SNAPSHOT` at the end
+- [ ] Update this repo's `CHANGELOG.md`
+- [ ] Create a new release in Github with a release title of `Mapbox Java SDK vRELEASE_VERSION_NUMBER-alpha.2` and a tag version of `vRELEASE_VERSION_NUMBER-alpha.2`
+
+### RELEASE_VERSION_NUMBER-alpha.2 pre-release testing
+- [ ] Create a pull request in [`/mapbox-gl-native`](https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-native) that updates the Mapbox Maps SDK for Android's Java SDK dependency to `RELEASE_VERSION_NUMBER-alpha.2`
+- [ ] Create a pull request in [the Mapbox Navigation SDK for Android repo](https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-navigation-android) that updates the Nav SDK's Java SDK dependency to `RELEASE_VERSION_NUMBER-alpha.2`
+- [ ] Report any regressions on this ticket
+
+### Final RELEASE_VERSION_NUMBER release checklist 
+- [ ] Update this repo's `README.md` file 
+- [ ] Change version name to `RELEASE_VERSION_NUMBER` in `gradle.properties` (removing `-SNAPSHOT`)
+- [ ] Create a new release in Github with a release title of `Mapbox Java SDK vRELEASE_VERSION_NUMBER` and a tag version of `vRELEASE_VERSION_NUMBER`. This will publish artifacts to Bintray.
+- [ ] Change version name back to having `-SNAPSHOT` at the end
+- [ ] Update `CHANGELOG.md`
+
+### Post final release checklist   
+- [ ] Update dependencies in the Maps SDK and Navigation SDK to the final release version
+- [ ] Update [the dependencies file in the Mapbox Android Plugins `/mapbox-plugins-android` repo](https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-plugins-android/blob/master/gradle/dependencies.gradle#L11)
+- [ ] Update version # in config files in the `/help` repo
+- [ ] Update [the Mapox Android demo app](https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-android-demo/blob/master/gradle/dependencies.gradle)
+- [ ] After updating the demo app, make the following changes in the `/android-docs` repo: 
+  - [ ] Update API reference Javadocs for the Mapbox Java docs section in `/android-docs` repo:
+  - [ ] Update [the `JAVA_SDK_VERSION` constant in the `constants.js` file in the `/android-docs` repo](https://github.com/mapbox/android-docs/blob/publisher-production/src/constants.json)
+- [ ] Update version # in the Studio Preview for Android app
+- [ ] Update version # in the China plugin test app
+
+/cc: @mapbox/android