test: add upgrade critical flow test (WPB-25340)

[emmaoke-w]

https://wearezeta.atlassian.net/browse/WPB-25340

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What's new in this PR?

• Adds upgrade critical-flow test
• Creates team users, group conversation, and 1:1 history through backend/test helpers.
• Logs in as Member 1, verifies existing conversations, sends and receives messages.
• Upgrades Wire using the provided new APK path and verifies the app version increased.
• Confirms group and 1:1 conversation history remain visible after upgrade.
• Hardens group conversation opening by retrying until the row is clickable.

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How to Test

Local runs should preinstall the old Wire APK, then push the new APK to /data/local/tmp/Wire.new.apk.
* Push: adb push /path/to/new.apk /data/local/tmp/Wire.new.apk
* Run: ./gradlew :tests:testsCore:connectedDebugAndroidTest
* -Pandroid.testInstrumentationRunnerArguments.testCaseId=TC-8607
* -Pandroid.testInstrumentationRunnerArguments.newApkPath=/data/local/tmp/Wire.new.apk

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Quality Gate passed

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