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Google Play Beta testing without a published app?

I created my first Android app and wanted to let some users take part at the new Google beta testing feature. Unfortunately my app got published as a production APK and is visible to everyone now. That was not my intention, because my app is far from being released.

If I unpublish my app it also get's inaccessible for the beta testing users. So I have to keep it published to run the beta test.

What are my possibilities to make the best of this situation?

  • Using a dummy app as production APK?
  • Keep it unpublished and start with a new package name all over again?

Easiest way would be to delete the published app, but Google says NO.

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user1530095 Avatar asked May 30 '13 12:05

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You can put your Google Play Developer Console into "Advanced Mode" by clicking the button in the top right corner. Then you can activate/deactivate APKs as necessary, and upload APKs specifically for beta testers only. You do not need to change the package name.

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mike47 Avatar answered Sep 30 '22 19:09

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