Google Play internal test track support

[marcoburato]

Describe the solution you'd like Currently it's only possible to distribute an Android app to the Alpha, Beta and Production tracks in Google Play Store. There is no choice for the recent "Internal test track". It should be possible to submit the build to this new track as well.

[miwarner]

It is now 2022. In what reality is it ok to practically ignore requests from your users for almost 3 years?

[phatmann]

It is a dead product. Move on.

[jtmuller5]

Our team would definitely use this feature. Any update?

[kostiantyn-solianyk]

@akamenev any updates so far?

Every time you say: "I will keep this feature request open for future planning." but it's been 3 years... how long can it take to plan? This is the most discussed and most needed feature that has been requested

[MNorgren]

I finally ditched app center in favor of Firebase App Distribution and I am very happy with the change.

[jtmuller5]

If anyone is using Azure Pipelines for CICD, the Google Play extension lets you publish to the internal track.

- task: GooglePlayRelease@4
          inputs:
            serviceConnection: 'Google Play Service Connection'
            applicationId: 'com.example.my_app'
            action: 'SingleBundle'
            bundleFile: '$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/build/app/outputs/bundle/release/app-release.aab'
            track: 'internal'

[MNorgren]

If anyone is using Azure Pipelines for CICD, the Google Play extension lets you publish to the internal track.

- task: GooglePlayRelease@4
          inputs:
            serviceConnection: 'Google Play Service Connection'
            applicationId: 'com.example.my_app'
            action: 'SingleBundle'
            bundleFile: '$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/build/app/outputs/bundle/release/app-release.aab'
            track: 'internal'

Yea, I also use Azure DevOps for deploying to the App Store / Play Stores. Also a great alternative!

[nibblesnbits]

If anyone is using Azure Pipelines for CICD, the Google Play extension lets you publish to the internal track.

- task: GooglePlayRelease@4
          inputs:
            serviceConnection: 'Google Play Service Connection'
            applicationId: 'com.example.my_app'
            action: 'SingleBundle'
            bundleFile: '$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/build/app/outputs/bundle/release/app-release.aab'
            track: 'internal'

I get a "socket hung up" error from this approach. Is there any movement on this recently?

[beeradmoore]

Still would love this but I can't upvote it twice.

[felipejoribeiro]

Are there updates on this?

[nibblesnbits]

I got it working within azure devops itself. I abandoned app center altogether

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Are there updates on this? I guess app-center is the most performant and reliable tool ever known to man at this point.

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[skcarnes]

+1

[junaiid-khattak]

almost 2023 and still no sign of any progress. Will probably move over to devops too

[phatmann]

It's a dead product. Not sure why MS won't admit it. We went back to CircleCI.

[aureosouza]

This is absurd, we're in 2023 and no sign of this? It's a huge blocker for proper testing in Play Store

[nibblesnbits]

I think App Center is a dead product, honestly. https://github.com/microsoft/appcenter/issues/125#issuecomment-1078977051 is a better approach, anyway, IMO.

[mingeee]

Ah! I wanting this feature so I can keep the app build pipeline in one place. Eg, alongside with codepush.🤔

[RalissonMattias]

Any solution?

[phatmann]

There is a solution: find a CI platform that has been updated in the last 3 years 😄