José, That's exactly what I planned on doing, although I'd rather not have to.
Thanks for confirming. Russ On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 12:57 PM, Jose_GD <jose.gonzale...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes, I confirm it's not possible right now. If paid, testers must pay to > test (what they were thinking?). > > I've done in the past with my first paid app like Bhavin said: use > *com.your.package.test* for beta testing (free of course) and when you're > ready to launch, disable this APK and upload the same binary as > *com.your.package* > > Cheers, > > José > > https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Jos%C3%A9+Gonz%C3%A1lez+D%27Amico > > > El domingo, 27 de julio de 2014 09:59:26 UTC-3, Russell Wheeler escribió: > >> Yes I think I'm going to have to publish two diff apks with diff package >> names, unfortunately. >> >> It's very limited. >> >> Thanks >> >> On Sunday, July 27, 2014 1:13:55 PM UTC+1, Bhavin wrote: >>> >>> may be no. >>> other way is to you put same apk with different package name. >>> On Jul 27, 2014 4:05 PM, "Russell Wheeler" <russellpe...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I am just starting out in the android developer world, and have made a >>>> very basic game that I would like to have tested by friends and colleagues. >>>> I thought of using the alpha and beta testing/apk sections of the google >>>> developer console. >>>> >>>> However, I would like my app to eventually be a paid app, and from >>>> reading around it would appear that testers would also have to pay in order >>>> to test my app for me. Is there any way around this, or I have I >>>> misunderstood? I'm talking about the initial purchase of the app, not in >>>> app purchases. >>>> >>>> If not, how do others approach this situation? Give the app away on >>>> email, but lose out on the auto updating facilities of the play store, or >>>> do you create two apps one for free that is only visible to testers, and >>>> then the paid app later on launch? >>>> >>>> If I did that, would I need two diff package names for each of the app? >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Android Developers" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to android-d...@googlegroups.com >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en >>>> --- >>>> 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. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "Android Developers" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/android-developers/XtQUr7a42Zo/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en --- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
