This document describes how to add and remove testers in App Distribution, including
the following tasks:
Add, remove, and search for testers in a Firebase project
The search function lets you check for specific testers that you have added to
your Firebase project. If you have a large number of testers, you can quickly
search for individual testers, by their email address or name, using the search
bar at the top of the group's page. Note that the search function requires that
you know the email address or name of the tester that you are searching for.
You can add, remove, and search for testers in the
Testers & Groups
tab of
the
App Distribution page
in the Firebase console.
To add a tester from the
Testers & Groups
tab to your Firebase project:
- Click the
Add tester
button next to the search bar.
- Enter the tester's email address.
- Click
Add tester
.
Your tester is now added to your Firebase project.
Tester limits
Firebase App Distribution has the following tester limits:
To add more testers, request a no-cost
limit increase
.
Add and remove testers with the Firebase App Distribution API
You can use the
testers.batchAdd
and
testers.batchRemove
endpoints in the
Firebase App Distribution API
to add or remove testers from App Distribution using an HTTP request to the
App Distribution API.
Add, remove, and search for testers from a group
The search function lets you check for specific testers that you have added to a
group. If you have a large number of groups, you can quickly search for
individual testers, by their email address or name, using the search bar at the
top of the group's page. Note that the search function requires that you know
the email address or name of the tester that you are searching for.
You can add, remove, and search for testers from groups in the
Testers &
Groups
tab of the
App Distribution
page
in the
Firebase console. Groups are useful for managing access to releases for a large
number of testers. For example, you could create a group to grant a small group
of testers access to an early release of an app. Once you implement feedback
from the initial tester group, you can create a group for a larger number of
testers.
To add a tester to a specific group, follow these steps:
- Click the group's name.
- Click the
Add testers
button next to the search bar.
- Enter the tester's email address.
- Click
Add tester
.
When you add or remove testers from a group, those testers gain or lose
access to
all of the releases
which were distributed to that group.
Remove a tester from a group
When you remove a tester from a group:
- The tester is removed from
all
releases that they had access
to
exclusively
via the group from which they were removed.
- If the tester is a member of a different group which also has access to a
release, the tester retains access to that release.
Delete a group
When you delete a group, all of the testers in that group are removed from all
releases that they had access to exclusively via that group. In most cases,
group deletion occurs almost immediately; but if you have a large number of
testers and releases, the group delete can take longer. After you
delete a group, it is no longer listed in the App Distribution page of the
Firebase console.
Deleting a group may not take effect immediately; after you
delete a group you might temporarily see individual testers from the deleted
group listed as having access to a specific release.
Next steps