Chapter 16. Deploying apps to beta testers and the stores
This chapter covers
- Using App Center to distribute apps to beta testers
- Publishing Android apps to the Google Play Store
- Publishing iOS apps to the iOS App Store
In the previous chapter you added some final release prep to your app—you turned on analytics and crash reporting, set up builds in App Center, and ran some UI tests on a range of devices in the cloud. You’re finally ready to put your app into the hands of your users, starting with beta test users and then finally releasing to the stores.
In this chapter you’ll see how to use App Center to distribute your apps to beta testers, including automatically updating these installs whenever you push out a new release. We’ll then follow up by looking at how you can actually release your apps to the stores, including what information you need to provide with your apps. As in the previous chapters, we’ll only be focusing on Countr here. We’ll also be looking at one OS at a time, starting with Android.