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I'm attempting to publish a FOSS app
(sevonj.github.io)
I made a simple timer app for Android, desktop, and browser. I think it's ready for most part, and I'm starting to look into publishing it.
I decided to start with Android / Play Store, which immediately gives me a roadblock. Google Play Console says:
- Have at least 20 testers opted-in to your closed test (1 tester currently opted-in)
- Run your closed test with at least 20 testers, for at least 14 days
I want to look into F-Droid and Flathub once I have this sorted out. But before that, any opinions on the app, or volunteers for testing, as I don't have 20 friends to ask?
Thanks.
https://github.com/sevonj/visualtimer/
Edit: Let's try Play store again with this: https://groups.google.com/g/jyl-test-group
Edit 2: It works, at least someone besides me was able to join:
What a pain. I'll look into preparing an F-droid release as soon as I have time.
The one time i published on the play store I just skipped that part and hit publish. I think it took several days to go live the first time but otherwise didn’t seem to matter.
Was that a long ago? They seem to enforce it for me.
About a year ago now, it is possible they’ve changed things since.
Yeah I recently helped out with this mandatory testing thing for !raccoonforlemmy@lemmy.world, seems it's a relatively recent new hoop for devs to jump through.