Firebase App Distribution
Nov 2 · 1 min read
Are you sharing your APK to internal people using whatsapp,email, email-groups or private beta google play?
Problem with existing approach: You need to manually upload the apk and mail them .
Solution: Firebase CLI
How it works:
For Mac users:
- Run “curl -sL firebase.tools | bash” this will automatically install the firebase CLI version.
- Run “firebase login” that will take you the browser, login with firebase google account.
- Run “firebase projects:list” to check your project is sync with local firebase CLI.
- Run “firebase appdistribution:distribute <apk.name> — app <firebase-APP-id> — release-notes “bug fixes” — testers “<email of tester with comma separated> ”
<apk.name> apk name with full path according to your current path.
<firebase-APP-id> get from firebase console

Thats it , tester will get the email, ask them to open that mail in the phone , there will be link to install the app.
Testers who haven’t been invited to test the app receive email invitations to get started. Existing testers receive email notifications that a new build is ready to test.
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