I have not updated my Android app for quite a while. Now I would like to use the Alpha Test to run some tests of the In-App Purchase features.
Problem is, that I do not see how I can install the Alpha version on my device using the Play Store. I did the following: - Created the APK in Android Studio 2.1 - Logged into the Google Play Developer Console - Selected my app and switched to APK/Alpha-Test - Uploaded the APK the the Alpha Test and *published it* - It is a closed Alpha Test and I am the only tester. *The e-mail address I entered in the tester list perfectly matches the address of the Play Account I am using on the device.* - Opened activation URL in Chrome on my Device. Play Store webpage is shown, saying that *I am a tester*. - Clicked the link to the Play Store and downloaded the current Version of my app - Checked if there is an update to the Alpha Version, *but there is not* I uploaded/published the alpha APK on *five days ago*. Even if it can take some hours before an update reaches the store, five days should be long enough, shouldn't it? I found other threads dealing with this kind of problem and in some cases the solution was to *clean the cache of the Play Store App and restart the app*. However this did not change anything in my case. So, none of the suggested solutions I found worked for me. Any other idea what I can do? I also tried to switch from a *Closed Alpha Test* an Alpha Test using a *Google+ Community*. However, the result is the same: - While logged in with my developer account, I switched to Google+ and created a new Community. - Invited my test user (one of my other accounts) to the group. - Copied the URL of the Goole+ Community to the Aplha Testing section in the Developer Console. - Published the changes. - When visiting the test URL ( https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.mycompany.myapp) I got the message "*You are not a tester*" - Checking the e-mails of my test account. Found the invitation to the Google+ Community and joined. - When visiting the test URL I could now click on *Become a tester* and now I am tester. - Downloaded the App from the Play Store using my test account. Just received the public version. - *No update to the Alpha version available...* Also after switching to a *Public Alpha Test* still no update available. I am running out of ideas... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/android-developers. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/android-developers/884705b8-33cf-4def-b3f2-6e21df62281f%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
