This document describes how to add and remove testers in App Distribution, including
the following tasks:
Add and remove testers from a Firebase project
You add and remove testers in the
Testers & Groups
tab of
the
App Distribution page
in the Firebase console.
If you have a large number of testers, you can use groups to more easily
manage tester access to releases. To learn more, see
Add and remove testers from a group
.
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 and remove testers from a group
You can add and remove 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.
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