[guardian-dev] Trying out Google's Alpha/Beta feature

Abel Luck abel at guardianproject.info
Wed Jun 5 11:23:31 EDT 2013


Interesting!

This is sort of a HockeyApp type service!

What do we think about continuing to use HockeyApp  now that this is
out? Seems that the ability to test apps without Google Play is still
important no?

~abel

Nathan of Guardian:
> 
> Google interested a new way to do staged roll-out of apps through Google
> Play. The idea is that you do limited alpha and beta releases to user's
> based on Google Groups or Google+ Community membership.
> 
> I created a new "GP Beta Band" community that we can use to push beta
> releases to (feel free to join!)
> https://plus.google.com/communities/108480576214602821006
> 
> Any member of this community can choose to "Become a Tester" for an app
> by visiting a link like this:
> https://play.google.com/apps/testing/info.guardianproject.browser
> 
> While this isn't a good solution for the F-Droid/DirectAPK crowd or
> people in countries where Google+ or Play is blocked, it seems like a
> nice solution for a certain segment of our community. We still have
> plenty of other ways to get to APKs directly:
> 
> - The "Files" section under various projects:
> https://dev.guardianproject.info/projects
> - Our F-Droid repo: http://guardianproject.info/repo/
> - Our signed release APKs: https://guardianproject.info/releases
> - Our unsigned automated builds: https://guardianproject/builds
> 
> Ultimately, using Google Play means you can get access to our test
> releases without having "allow unknown sources" enabled, which is really
> the primary reason to use it.
> 
> +n
> 
> 
> 
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