I am currently testing my app on Android with the help of the google play console. I started with closed testing on the Alpha Track and switched recently to the open Beta track for simpler distribution. I do not want to release new updates for the Alpha track due to ci limitations. Unfortunately I cant find any way to move my original testers from the closed testing to the open track.
If a user from the closed alpha opens the beta distribution link he still can only download my latest alpha release. Is there any way to move these testers or delete the closed alpha testing track?
Things I already tried:
Deleting users from the tester list
Uncheck the entire tester list
Pausing the alpha track
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I have uploaded a new version to the closed Alpha track in play store, added testers and published. I have gotten the opt-in URL and have joined as a tester. Everything seems fine until I go to the app in play store. Here only the old Beta version is available and I cannot find any traces of Alpha anywhere. The app has been published in aprox. 12 hours when writing this. I have not received any mail or notification yet.
I have used the open Beta track a lot before and never had problems with this (did not need to wait for long before it was available). Do I need to wait even more, disable Beta or do something else?
Note: Alpha and Beta have the same opt-in URL...
I've experienced the same, on the playstore app it shows you the "highest level" you have access to. So if you are in the alpha & the beta it'll show you the beta.
Therefore remove the invite to the Beta version, and they should be able to see the alpha version.
Note that this is in the playstore app, from the web you can direct link to each track.
I want to submit my Android app to Google Play, but I want to use the Closed track before I release the app into production. So I configured the email list for testers, hit the Review and Rollout buttons (everything in Closed track section), then a new button appeared "Release to Production". Does this mean Production for everybody, or just for my testers? And how are they going to access the app?
This is my first time submitting an app, and I am a little confused.
Thank you
Clicking the "Release to production" from a Closed Track release doesn't make the app available to everybody. The app will be only available to the list of your testers.
I know this wording from Google is a little confusing. Before it go to Production (Public Access), it moves from alpha -> Beta -> Production and you can track these releases.
Within our company we have someone that handles the upload and release of our Android apps to the Google Play Console. He told me that there previously was an option to promote an app from Alpha to Beta. As seen in this video there actually was an option.
However we currently don't see a way to move the Alpha app to Beta. There is only an option to promote the app to production.
Is it still possible to promote the Android app from Alpha to Beta? Or should we upload the same app to Beta again.
I have tried to use this option weeks ago. but I didn't find it, I have made some research about this and it sounds to be removed. to create beta release just go to the beta version and click on create a beta release and click choose from the library, choose the APK in the alpha channel then publish it
I've solved the issue for one of our apps. It seems that Google limited the process so you can't move an app from the closed alpha track to the closed beta track (or any other closed track). This is probably due to the fact that Google wants to promote open beta testing. Once I changed my closed beta track to an open beta track the button reappeared.
Note that once you set the track to open you can't change it back to closed, so you'll have to be sure that this is what you want.
To move the beta track from closed to open:
click on the manage button next to the beta track.
open up the manage testers panel.
select the open beta testing option next to choose a testing method
Now this option available Go Alpha-> Manage
I recently created a new app and had this issue. The solution was to:
Have the app reviewed by Google. It seems you can't do an open test before then.
Go to the "open testing" tab and click "unpause track". For some reason, the beta track is "paused" by default.
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Google play, I accidentally uploaded production APK, now can't do beta testing
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My android app is live on Google Play. The latest version is 22. I had not used alpha and beta testing so far. Now App Owner said that Unpublish app from app store So that nobody that can view app any platform PC, mobile etc.
He said only selective people can view this app. So I decided Alpha testing using Google plus community. But problem is that if I unpublish app, Link of Alpha testing is not showing the app in play store for newly added users in the community even they become the tester. It's only working Users who have downloaded the app. If I republish app then it is working for ALL.
So my main question is How does Alpha testing possible for new users of google plus community without publishing App?
If you read the Publish documentation carefully, you will find that the version code of Alpha should always be greater than beta, and beta version code should always be greater than production.
i.e
alphaVC > betaVC > productionVC
the alpha version always remains higher, you cannot put a lower version apk.
The flow of testing is, fist rollout in alpha, then move same out to beta and then same one to production, on passing of consequent tests and approvals.
I have a published game in Google Play Game Service that links to a beta Android app. In Google Play Console I selected beta testing method as "Open Beta Testing". My problem is that the beta testers cannot sign in to Play Game. I tested with testers added to Play Game and it works fine. So it's not likely that I had integration mistake. I also enabled Alpha and Beta Tester groups under "Testing" of Play Game but no luck.
It seems that Play Game only supports Close Beta tester but not Open Beta testers.
Can any one confirm this ?
Been Googling around and found this documentation of Best Practices. It was stated that,
You can run a closed alpha and an open beta test on your app concurrently. If you run an open alpha test, you can't use the open or closed beta track. Keep in mind the version code rules when using different tracks.