Test In-App Update in Android

Introduction

The in-app updates feature is supported on devices running Android 5.0 (API level 21) or higher. Additionally, in-app updates are only supported for Android mobile devices, Android tablets, and ChromeOS devices.

This guide describes how to test in-app updates in your app.

How authorized testers turn on internal app sharing

Before authorized testers can download apps using internal app sharing, they need to turn on internal app sharing on their Google Play Store app.

1. Open the Google Play Store app
2. Tap Menu > Settings
3. In the “About” section, tap the Play Store version 7 times.
4. After the Internal app sharing setting appears(General > Developer options > Internal app sharing), tap the switch to turn on internal app sharing.

Internal Testing

1. Login account play.google.com/console
2. Select App
3. In Testing > Internal Test > Testers > Add|Edit email list.

4. In Testing > Internal Test > Create New Release

5. In App Bundle Explorer or Releases overview, select version and show appbundle details. Tab Download > Internal app sharing link Copy shareable link

You need to have 2 versions to test in-app update (Example: 1.0.0+1 and 1.0.0+2). In Android, build-name is used as versionName while build-number used as version. For more information, check out Version your app in the Android documentation.

The process of receiving update availability status also takes a while to ensure receipt.

Device support

• Real Device
• Android Emulator (Play Store & System Image Target: Android X.X (Google Play))