A field guide for makers
Test and release mobile apps
Start with the store, the build and the decision you need to make. For a first release, check the testing requirement and rehearse the task a reviewer must complete. For an update, trace failures to the installed version before widening distribution.
Which decision are you facing?
App makers · Google Play closed testing
A tester left my Google Play closed test. Do the 14 days start over?
Use this before announcing an Android launch date. Check which testers qualify, then prepare evidence of what they tried and what you changed.
App makers · Release operations
Rehearse the App Review login on a phone nobody on your team uses
Use this when the review login works but the paid feature is still hard to reach. Rehearse the complete path twice on a clean device.