Alpha / Beta apk发布是否可以在Google Play中使用未发布的应用？

Question

I did setup and uploaded new apk for alpha release as per mentioned here by creating Google Group and adding that group for Alpha release. But alpha test accounts still not able to download application from Google Play. Link generated from developer console lets tester to opt in, but does not let download application. I did this for unpublished app and it's almost 24 hours passed but still Google Play client gives "Item not found" error.

Am I missing something or do I need to simply wait more ?

Answer 1

事实证明，您的应用程序需要在所有国家/地区发布才能获得alpha / beta版本。

Answer 2

Click All Applications in the upper left of the Play Store View and click on your APK.

You will see this:

Note, when clicking the same Draft button from other screens you won't see the drop down.

Click Why can't I publish and you will see something like this:

So now, do those things, click your APK and go to the APK section and fill out the required items (description, photos, etc) and click save. Then go to the Pricing & Distribution section and do the same (look for the * to indicate required fields) and click save.

Then you will see this in the upper right:

Sweet! When you click Publish you will get a message saying that the APK will be available in a couple hours. Because this is for Alpha or Beta publishing on the Google Play Store the APK will only be available to Play Store accounts in the community or email group you set up.

Now go back to your Alpha or Beta tag and look at the Testers section for "Manage List of Testers", click that link and there will now be a link you have to share with your testers. They have to visit that link to BECOME A TESTER at which point they can get the APK.

Man, that wasn't easy, but it works!

Answer 3

You need to publish the alpha APK before it is available to download.

See here for more info. https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/3131213

Answer 4

I had to publish the application but not in all countries, the country I live in was enough for me to see it. However, It appears that I have to pay for my own application to test it making it a bit pointless. Edit: Adding accounts under settings will make it possible to make test purchases for in app-billing, probably also for paid-apps. It can take a few hours before others can download beta apps, but I have not experiences 24hrs, usually around 2-4hrs.

Answer 5

In the APK section, I clicked on the link "Manage list of testers".

Underneath your list of testers (the google group(s) you have) there should be a link in the section "Share the following link with your testers. ". I took that link and then posted a notification from my google group that was set up for testing. Then that notification was sent out and the testers could get to the app that way.

Really stupid. I expected that new versions, including the first, would be sent out as notifications for all group members. That would just makes sense. The current system is dumb and if that's what they want, then they should explain that because I would want my testers to use the latest to report bugs !!!!

Answer 6

这是正常情况，实际上发布后可能需要一到两天才能下载。

Answer 7

Try checking the link again 5 minutes after you opt-in to the beta/alpha program. Some times it just takes a little time.

Answer 8

You can check step 1 in the following link

it says:

  8. Select the Publish option.

Answer 9

转到选择加入链接，然后“成为测试人员”，过一会儿就可以下载了。

Answer 10

A few possible causes based on my experience:

1. Tester's email address has a typo, double check it.
2. Submission is still being processed, wait until it's published.
3. Make sure you are signing in with the correct account to play store, if you have multiple google accounts stored on your phone.
4. If you had something wrong like above and fixed it, make sure you clear app data of both your browser app and play store app. Simply clear browser cache sometimes won't work.

Answer 11

While having the same issue this seemed to help me.I seemed to have uploaded an APK to production with the same versioning numbers.

Taken from Google Support Website

If a Production APK is uploaded with a higher version code than an alpha or beta APK, the alpha and/or beta version will automatically be deactivated.