How to Download the Apps in the Google Play Closed Testing ?
After months of working on your app , you might have started ground work to publish your app on google play. When your app is in internal testing or in the closed testing, users cannot see or search for your app on Play Store. You can follow the below steps, so that your testers can download and test your app.
Steps to Install App:
Its simple we just need to share android link right ? No, Even if testers have your link, they need to have permission to install your app. You need to follow below 2 steps to give permission to your testers:
1) Select the Countries your Testers are Located
You need to select the countries in which you’re testers are located. Testers who are from the selected counties can only install your app. Just go to closed testing dashboard and select countries.
Once added, you need to save the changes and go to the next step.
2) Add Tester’s Email Id or Google Group
Basically google provides you with two ways to add testers to your closed testing release.
- Using Email Lists
- Using Google Groups
1. Using Email Lists
Here you will need to add the tester’s email id into the email list. Every time a tester wants to test your app, you need to manually add their email ids to the release. Its very time consuming and personally I don’t recommend it at all.
2. Using Google Groups
Here you will add a google group into your closed testing release and everyone who is a member of that google group can download your app from the link. You can create a google group here
After adding the email list or google group, save those changes and send the changes for review. After review you need to publish the changes, so that your testers can install your app.
If you find that this process confusing, you can see the below video to make things simple.
FAQ Section
If your testers are not able to install the app even after following the above steps, it might be due to below issues:
1) Check if you forgot to send changes for review and publish them.
2) In the Advanced Settings (Play Console => Test and Release => Setup) check if your app status is published or unpublished. It needs to be in published state.
3) Even after the doing above steps if you are not able to install the app, it means your closed testing release might be in review state. You can only install it after the review gets completed (it takes 3 –7 days).
Conclusion
Thank you for staying till the end. Hope you got everything you wanted from this post. For any doubts contact me at testerscommunity7@gmail.com
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