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Ramprasad
Ramprasad

Reputation: 8071

How to distribute apk to limited users. And they cannot re-distribute to others?

How to distribute apk to limited users. And they cannot re-distribute to others?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2325

Answers (3)

Manish Dubey
Manish Dubey

Reputation: 4306

Use Beta-Testing section from Play Store, after uploading your apk on Play Store. You can create a group of user from Google+ and add them in testing section. Follow this :

Create an App

Log into the Developer Console and upload an APK. No need to publish it yet.

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Check out the ‘Beta’ tab now, which should show this handy message:

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Upload Beta APK

Click the Beta tab and upload the APK again. Publishing from this tab will not push it to the store, but there is a handy button that allows you to promote apps from Alpha to Beta to Prod, which is neat.

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Create a Test Group

Using your developer account (it must be the primary google developer account), create a Google+ Community. Public or private, doesn’t matter. (You could use a Google Group too, but Google+ is a pretty good medium for wrangling a beta team, so I’ll recommend it here.)

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Add your Community to the list of testers by clicking “Manage list of testers” and pasting the Community’s URL.

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Invite Users to Test

Click publish in the Beta tab. Click again on “Manage list of testers” and there you will find a URL to share with your Community. When they go to that URL, they’ll get a signup prompt (later, a play store link). Roll outs will take anywhere from a minute to a couple hours to propagate, as with anything on the store.

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Upvotes: 10

pablisco
pablisco

Reputation: 14237

You can roll out a version to a limited amount of users through the play store.

Just have to create a google Group or a Google+ group and follow the instructions here:

https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/3131213?hl=en

Upvotes: 0

Scott Helme
Scott Helme

Reputation: 4799

Hard code the list of IMEI or device IDs in the app. On launch check the device ID against your white list and either launch or kill the app depending on the result.

Upvotes: 1

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