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Add testers

See who tests your app in TestFlight and in Google Play’s closed test, and add the people who try each version before it goes to review.

First, connect FlutterFlow to the store and add your app in its console. See Launch checklist.

Add testers

You add testers in each store’s own console: App Store Connect for TestFlight, and Play Console for Google Play. FlutterFlow shows each store’s testers in Releases and opens the console for you, but it doesn’t invite testers or email them.

To add testers:

  1. In Releases, select the App Store or Google Play card to open that store.
  2. Select the Test step to open the Testers panel.
  3. Select Add testers. The store’s console opens, and the row says where to go in it:
    • App Store: In TestFlight, open a group, then press +.
    • Google Play: In Play Console: Closed testing, then Testers.
  4. Add your testers in the console.
  5. To see the list, return to the Testers panel in FlutterFlow.

Result: The Testers panel lists your TestFlight testers, or the Google Groups on your closed test. To send them a version, see Send to testers.

Testers on TestFlight

For the App Store, the Testers panel lists the people on TestFlight and where each one is. When TestFlight gives a tester’s status, the row shows it: Not invited yet, Invited, Accepted, Installed, or Removed.

When App Store Connect has more testers than the panel shows, the panel says App Store Connect has more testers than FlutterFlow lists here.

Testers install each version with TestFlight on an iPhone. To test on your own iPhone, see iPhone test build.

Google Groups on the closed test

For Google Play, FlutterFlow sends each version to your app’s closed test, and the Testers panel lists the Google Groups on that closed test. Everyone in these Google Groups gets each version that you send to the closed test.

The panel shows only Google Groups. If you add testers to email lists in Play Console, they still get each version, but FlutterFlow doesn’t list them. Manage those lists in Play Console.

The panel also shows Testers join with this link. Send that link to the people on your lists and in your groups so they can join the closed test.

Google’s rule for new accounts

Google requires a new personal developer account to have 12 testers opted in continuously for 14 days before it can apply for production access.

FlutterFlow doesn’t count the testers who opted in or the days for you. When your closed test started with a version that you sent from FlutterFlow, the Apply for production access step shows the day it started.

When Google takes your app’s test versions but not yet its releases for everyone, the Google Play step in Releases shows Apply for production access. Select Apply in Play Console and apply there. Then, in FlutterFlow, select I’ve applied. See Submit for review.

For both stores’ fees and requirements, see Store requirements and fees.

Troubleshooting