App not updating for alpha testers on google play

Question

My app is being tested using Google Play. I am one of my alpha testers, naturally. I released a new alpha version of the app. I was expecting it to update automatically on m

Answer 1

1 - Upload APK in alpha test
2 - Add your email in one google group or google plus community
3 - copy the link test provided by google play and press accept button

Now just wait until your application became updated.

Answer 2

It may take some time to get the update from the android device. For me for "Internal testing", after uploading an update, I was getting it from my device for a while. Once I cleared the cache for "Google playstore" app of my android phone, I got the update immediately.

Answer 3

It tooks 72h for me to update close testers app. Without removing caché or anything, just...waiting 3 long days :(

Answer 4

While clearing the Google Play cache resolved one issue for me, I noticed something else strange that may help someone out. When I clicked "About this app" on the app page in the Play Store, the version shown for my app was the previous version number. This made me think that the new version was still unavailable and I just needed to wait. However, after waiting several hours for the new version to appear on the Play Store, I decided to try downloading it anyway, and lo and behold, the latest version had been installed.

Answer 5

In addition to the time it takes for app updates to fully process, the Google Play app itself also caches app information, so your users (and you) may be seeing a cached version of your Google Play list.

Here's a trick to force Google Play to fetch the latest version of your app. This works every time for me.

How to reset the Google Play app's cache:

1. Force close the Google Play app
2. Open the Settings app
3. Go to Applications > Application Manager > Google Play Store > Storage
4. Click Clear Cache

The Google Play app's cache should now be reset. Try finding your app again and see if it shows the latest version.

Answer 6

Don't forget to pass in WIFI mode to get the update (depending of your settings).