diff --git a/.github/workflows/incrementVersionName.py b/.github/workflows/incrementVersionName.py
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+import fileinput
+import sys
+import os
+
+#input validation
+if not sys.argv[2]:
+    print("Error: no position argument given", file = sys.stderr )
+
+print("file is: " + sys.argv[1])
+print("position argument is: " + sys.argv[2])
+    
+
+position = sys.argv[2]
+
+INCREMENT = 0
+OVERRIDE  = 1
+
+
+
+if position in ["M","m","p"]:
+    print(f"increment ({position})")
+    operation = INCREMENT
+else:
+    print(f"override old version with ({position})")
+    operation = OVERRIDE
+
+
+def increment(versionName, severity):
+    (major, minor, patch) = versionName.split('.')
+    if severity == 'M':
+        major = str(int(major) + 1)
+    elif position == 'm':
+        minor = str(int(minor) + 1)
+    else:
+        patch = str(int(patch) + 1)
+
+    versionNameIncremented = '.'.join((major, minor, patch))
+    os.environ['NEW_VERSION_NAME'] = versionNameIncremented
+    return versionNameIncremented
+    
+
+for line in fileinput.input(files=(sys.argv[1]), inplace=True):
+    if line.find("android:versionName=") >= 0:
+        versionName = line.split('"')[1]
+
+        if operation == INCREMENT:
+            newVersionName = increment(versionName, position)
+        else:
+            os.environ['NEW_VERSION_NAME'] = position
+            newVersionName = position
+
+        line = line.replace(versionName, newVersionName)
+    print(line, end='')
+
+#save to file so we can use it later
+with open("new_version_name.txt", "w") as f:
+    f.write(newVersionName)
diff --git a/.github/workflows/version-bump-Commit.yml b/.github/workflows/version-bump-Commit.yml
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+# This is a basic workflow to help you get started with Actions
+
+name: 'bump versionCode, versionName, commit'
+
+on:
+
+  # Allows you to run this workflow manually from the Actions tab
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      changeSeverity:
+        description: 'how severe are the changes? chose from (M)ajor, (m)inor, (p)atch, or write out the new version'
+        required: true
+        default: 'p'
+
+# A workflow run is made up of one or more jobs that can run sequentially or in parallel
+jobs:
+  increase-version:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: increase version code
+        id: increase_version_code
+        env:
+          FILE: sudoq-app/sudoqapp/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+        run: |
+          echo "$(pwd)"
+          echo "get line number"
+          LINE_NUMBER=$(grep -n "android:versionCode=" $FILE | cut -f1 -d:)
+          echo "get version"
+          VERSION=$(sed -n ${LINE_NUMBER}p $FILE | grep -oE '[0-9]+')
+          echo "current version: ${VERSION}"
+          echo "replace version"
+          NEW_VERSION_CODE=$((VERSION+1))
+          echo "new version code: ${NEW_VERSION_CODE}"
+          sed -i "${LINE_NUMBER}s/${VERSION}/${NEW_VERSION_CODE}/" $FILE
+          echo "::set-output name=new_version_code::$NEW_VERSION_CODE"
+
+      # sets NEW_VERSION_NAME
+      - name: increase version name
+        id: increase_version_name
+        env:
+          FILE: sudoq-app/sudoqapp/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+          SCRIPT: .github/workflows/incrementVersionName.py
+        run : |
+          python $SCRIPT $FILE ${{ github.event.inputs.changeSeverity }}
+          echo "$NEW_VERSION_NAME"
+          echo "::set-output name=new_version_name::$(cat new_version_name.txt)"
+
+      - name: commit files
+        run: |
+          git config --local user.email "action@github.com"
+          git config --local user.name "GitHub Action"
+          git add -A
+          NEW_VERSION_CODE=${{ steps.increase_version_code.outputs.new_version_code }}
+          NEW_VERSION_NAME=${{ steps.increase_version_name.outputs.new_version_name }}
+          git commit -m "Version bump: code: ${NEW_VERSION_CODE}, name: ${NEW_VERSION_NAME}" -a
+
+      - name: push changes
+        uses: ad-m/github-push-action@v0.6.0
+        with:
+          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          branch: ${{ github.ref }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/version-bump-PR.yml b/.github/workflows/version-bump-PR.yml
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+++ b/.github/workflows/version-bump-PR.yml
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+# This is a basic workflow to help you get started with Actions
+
+name: bump versionCode, versionName, create PR
+
+on:
+
+  # Allows you to run this workflow manually from the Actions tab
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      changeSeverity:
+        description: 'how severe are the changes? chose from (M)ajor, (m)inor, (p)atch, or write out the new version'     
+        required: true
+        default: 'p'
+# A workflow run is made up of one or more jobs that can run sequentially or in parallel
+jobs:
+  increase-version:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: increase version code
+        id: increase_version_code
+        env:
+          FILE: sudoq-app/sudoqapp/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+        run: |
+          echo "$(pwd)"
+          echo "get line number"
+          LINE_NUMBER=$(grep -n "android:versionCode=" $FILE | cut -f1 -d:)
+          echo "get version"
+          VERSION=$(sed -n ${LINE_NUMBER}p $FILE | grep -oE '[0-9]+')
+          echo "current version: ${VERSION}"
+          echo "replace version"
+          NEW_VERSION_CODE=$((VERSION+1))
+          echo "new version code: ${NEW_VERSION_CODE}"
+          sed -i "${LINE_NUMBER}s/${VERSION}/${NEW_VERSION_CODE}/" $FILE
+          echo "::set-output name=new_version_code::$NEW_VERSION_CODE"
+
+      # sets NEW_VERSION_NAME
+      - name: increase version name
+        id: increase_version_name
+        env:
+          FILE: sudoq-app/sudoqapp/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+          SCRIPT: .github/workflows/incrementVersionName.py
+        run : |
+          python $SCRIPT $FILE ${{ github.event.inputs.changeSeverity }}
+          echo "$NEW_VERSION_NAME"
+          echo "::set-output name=new_version_name::$(cat new_version_name.txt)"
+          
+      - name: commit files
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v3
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          commit-message: >-
+	    Version bump: code: ${{ steps.increase_version_code.outputs.new_version_code }},
+	                  name: ${{ steps.increase_version_code.outputs.new_version_name }}
+          title: '[Experiment] increase version'
+          body: >
+            This PR is auto-generated by 
+            [create-pull-request](https://github.com/peter-evans/create-pull-request).
+          labels: report, automated pr
+                    
diff --git a/.github/workflows/version-code-bump-Commit.yml b/.github/workflows/version-code-bump-Commit.yml
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index 00000000..e2813652
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+++ b/.github/workflows/version-code-bump-Commit.yml
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+# This is a basic workflow to help you get started with Actions
+
+name: 'bump versionCode, commit'
+
+on:
+
+  # Allows you to run this workflow manually from the Actions tab
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      changeSeverity:
+        description: 'how severe are the changes? chose from (M)ajor, (m)inor, (p)atch, or write out the new version'
+        required: true
+        default: 'p'
+
+# A workflow run is made up of one or more jobs that can run sequentially or in parallel
+jobs:
+  increase-version:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: increase version code
+        id: increase_version_code
+        env:
+          FILE: sudoq-app/sudoqapp/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+        run: |
+          echo "$(pwd)"
+          echo "get line number"
+          LINE_NUMBER=$(grep -n "android:versionCode=" $FILE | cut -f1 -d:)
+          echo "get version"
+          VERSION=$(sed -n ${LINE_NUMBER}p $FILE | grep -oE '[0-9]+')
+          echo "current version: ${VERSION}"
+          echo "replace version"
+          NEW_VERSION_CODE=$((VERSION+1))
+          echo "new version code: ${NEW_VERSION_CODE}"
+          sed -i "${LINE_NUMBER}s/${VERSION}/${NEW_VERSION_CODE}/" $FILE
+          echo "::set-output name=new_version_code::$NEW_VERSION_CODE"
+
+      - name: commit files
+        run: |
+          git config --local user.email "action@github.com"
+          git config --local user.name "GitHub Action"
+          git add -A
+          NEW_VERSION_CODE=${{ steps.increase_version_code.outputs.new_version_code }}
+          git commit -m "Version code bump: code: ${NEW_VERSION_CODE}" -a
+
+      - name: push changes
+        uses: ad-m/github-push-action@v0.6.0
+        with:
+          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          branch: ${{ github.ref }}