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 now 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. 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/6a7e39ea-7782-448e-86aa-6b60f4a5c728%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
