I released my app in playstore, but I want to change its current version to a beta version, and unrelease it.
How can I change the current released version of my app to be in testing phase (beta version)?
To unpublish your app:
1- Go to your Play Console.
2- Select an app.
3- Select Store presence > Pricing & distribution.
4- In the "App Availability" section, select Unpublish.
Hope this is help
You can unpublish it, but it won't get removed from the devices of people who have already installed it. Unpublish the production application, Increment the app version code and publish a new beta version. Later you can either move the beta version to production again or increment the app version code and publish new version to the production.
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I have an Android App on playstore. Now I have made so many changes to this app and want to update my app. I know simple update is easy but the thing I want is that to publish the new version in beta by keeping the old version remains same. In simple word, I want to publish a new build with beta version that it don't effect the older version?
Note: Old version is not in beta.
Releasing app update to beta channel (open testing) doesn't remove the production release. The beta update will become available as an update to testers only, everyone else will have access to the production release.
For more on releases and roll-outs. Read more here
I already have a production app on play store,
now I have uploaded the next release version on internal testing track,
I have created a mailing list with team testers, but now all the tester of my team see the test version and they cannot choose between production version and test version. Is there a way to choose between the two version ?
How can the tester chooses between production app and the testing version ?
Moreover I'm wondering which is the difference between Android play console internal testing and closed testing ?
End users (or testers) cannot choose which version they want, they will always receive the APK/AAB with the highest versionCode that they are eligible for.
If users receive the APK from a testing track and want to go back to the production one, they have to opt out of the testing then reinstall the app (since Android will never downgrade an app) or wait for the next production push.
I have published new version of Android application to play store. But I do not have 'update' button for updating from previous version. I have only 2 options 'Open' and 'Uninstall'.
For new version I need to uninstall existing and then download new version. I am generating signed APK and using the same key. I have also changed the version code and version name.
Is there anything I need to add in code for autoupdate? I need to avoid uninstalling everytime I have new version of application published to play store. Please give me any solution if you have.
When did you push the app? It may take several hours before it's live. The Play Developer Console should provide some info on when the rollout is available. It may be possible to specify a rollout time when the update will be live.
If you have been debugging the app on your phone, and the version code is the same as on your phone or your app is the debug signature, you won't be asked to update.
you should change the version code and version name in your gradle file of app module
I think you changed version code in manifest file instead of gradle file.or you changed version in wrong gradle file
I have a production version and a beta version of my app. I'm one of my beta testers. I want to rollback the version on my phone to the production version so that I can configure some settings then reinstall the beta to ensure the upgrade is working properly.
I can't seem to figure out how to re-install the production version though. I've even tried leaving the beta test and I can't get Google Play to notice that I'm not a beta tester anymore. (deleted cache and data, rebooted phone, etc).
With iOS I can install the production version from the App Store and the test version from Test Flight. How do I do that on Android?
Use different account (new google account) from Google Play to download production, then enroll in beta and try to update. this is the quickest way.
Note: you probably facing this problem because you are an internal tester and a closed beta tester too.
Toggling Developer settings helps to install the production and then switching developer settings back on gives the option to update to beta once again.
EDIT: Actually this helps only to get the change to reflect if test track is paused or resumed
Found the fix here https://android.stackexchange.com/a/245371/374079
I have uploaded my app in production by mistake. Now, I am trying to upload it to the beta version. and it says that:
Upload failed
You need to use a different version code for your APK because you already have one with version code 1.
What should I do to upload the same apk to the beta version and remove existing from production? I have unpublished the app. Do I need to wait for some time or any suggestions to overcome this issue?
PS: I don't want to change package name and upload new apk on the server.
You cannot publish an apk file with the same version code. You have already published an apk with a versionCode of 1. Simply update the version code in your Manifest.xml. For example:
<manifest android:versionCode="2" ...>
On the right side of the Developer Console in your APK window there's a button that says "Switch to advanced mode." Activate advanced mode by pressing that button.
Once selected, a dropdown will appear under the "Actions" column for your APK, and you can select to move your application between alpha, beta, and production.Below's image shows what that menu looks like for an APK in beta.
You can create a new release in Beta track (Open Testing) and instead of uploading a new bundle, choose "Add from Library" option and select the app bundle that you uploaded for Production. The version of the Beta app would be same as that in Production.