Closed Testing & Production Access
Everything Google Play requires before you can launch: closed testing tracks, tester requirements, and the production access application.
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Google Play Closed Testing: The Complete Developer Guide
What the closed testing requirement is, whether it applies to your account, how to run a compliant closed test, and how to apply for production access.
Closed Testing · Guide
Internal, Closed, Open and Production: Google Play Testing Tracks Explained
What each Google Play testing track is for, who can join it, and which ones count toward the closed testing requirement for production access.
Closed Testing · Reference
Setting up a closed test
How to Prepare Your App for Closed Testing
What to check in your app, your release, and your store listing before you upload a closed test release — so testers find real issues, not baseline bugs.
Closed Testing · How to
How to Add Testers to Your Closed Test
Step-by-step instructions for adding testers to a Google Play closed test: email lists, CSV uploads, Google Groups, and sharing the opt-in link.
Closed Testing · How to
How to Manage Testers with Google Groups
Setting up a Google Group for your closed test: creating the group, linking it in Play Console, how testers join, and when groups beat email lists.
Closed Testing · Reference
Open testing (public beta)
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