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iTunes Connect - Prerelease - Beta testing with Internal testers says 31 days left, what does this mean?
Will the app uninstall itself after 30 days? Will it become inactive or unusable? What happens?
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Installing a beta tvOS app via public link invitationInstall TestFlight on an iOS or iPadOS device and Apple TV where you can sign in to the same App Store account. Tap the public link on your device. Tap Accept for the app you want to test.
External testers and groups. Invite up to 10,000 external testers using their email addresses or by enabling and sharing a public link, which creates an open invitation for anyone to test your app. Simply create a group of testers and add the builds you'd like them to test.
To add Internal testers: Navigate back to your app in My Apps, select the TestFlight tab and click Internal Testing on the left-hand side; Now click the (+) sign next to the header Internal Testers; Check the box next to any eligible users who have not already been invited and click Add.
The number of beta testers depends on the size of your project. If it's a small project with a team size of about 20, you can perform beta tests with 10-15 testers. However, if your project size is enterprise-level, with a team size of over 1000, you'll need over 500 beta testers.
Approval usually takes no more than 48 hours. Once Apple approves your version of the app, subsequent builds won't need a review until you change the version number. When the app has passed Beta App Review, you'll receive an email with confirmation that your app can begin external testing.
From some months' experience, I find that my original answer(guess) is not right. If an application has expired on iTunes Connect Beta Testing. It will very soon(in one or two days after the expiration) stop working from the device that has it installed.
Original answer:
Short answer: when the testing period end, testers will no longer be able to accept invites and install builds. Testers that already have builds installed will not be affected.
In this document,
https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/LanguagesUtilities/Conceptual/iTunesConnect_Guide/Chapters/BetaTestingTheApp.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40011225-CH35-SW2
Apple says:
“After the 30 day testing period has ended, the build status changes to Expired"
"To continue testing after the 30-day period expires, upload another build. Internal testers will automatically receive an update notification when the new build is available. To distribute the new build to external testers, you must submit it to Beta App Review. Once it is approved, you can send the external testers an update email by clicking Send Invites from the External Testers column on Builds, as shown above."
Apple doesn't describe clearly the behaviors on the tester side when a build expired.
But when I try to turn off the "TestFlight Beta Testing" on an app, the prompt says:
"Are you sure you want to stop testing? Testers will no longer be able to accept invites and install builds. Testers that already have builds installed will not be affected."
So I guess the behaviors on the tester side when a build expired are going to be the same as that when the testing is shut down by turning off the "TestFlight Beta Testing" option.
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In my experience with Internal testing, after 30 days, the build changes to Expired, and will no longer launch on devices where it has already been installed. Trying to launch the app will show the splash screen, and then it immediately quits and you're back on the home screen.
I've also found that uploading a new build does NOT automatically send out the update to existing internal testers. Although iTunes Connect will say the build is available, you have to manually toggle TestFlight testing off and then on again to get it to recognize the new build and send out the update emails to existing internal testers.
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