Unfortunately, there is no good answer - giving the beta apks away works (if you trust the testers not to redistribute) but they don't get updates. And there is no way to give free copies out of market (eg coupons), so if you want your testers to get updates you need to provide them with apks for each new version. (And that is completely unsecured.)
On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 2:16 AM, mike quinn <[email protected]>wrote: > How about allowing beta testers to download your apk from a website and not > through the market. Only once ready for release put it on the market. > > On May 13, 2009 7:13 AM, "Edward Falk" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > OK, fair enough. We don't want to game the ratings, and that wasn't > my desire. > > All I wanted to do was make it free for my beta testers, since I > didn't feel that it was fair to charge them for testing my software > for me. > > Is there any way to do this, or is just standard procedure to release > untested software on the market? > > Is there any way to give away a paid app? What if I wanted to have a > contest -- tenth caller gets a free copy of my app. That sort of > thing. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
