I already have an app published in Google Play, and now I would like to unpublish it for anyone but a set of known beta testers. My problem is that if I unpublish it, it seems it also gets unpublished for beta testers (since the beta testers feature needs a published app).
What could I do? In other words, what I want to do is:
- Unpublish the app so nobody new can install or find it using Google Play.
- Upload a new version using the beta testing feature so several known people can test it
- In the future, publish the app to everyone again.
Best Answer
Under the APK tab select Switch to Advanced Mode Then deactivate the APK in production.
Switch over to the BETA TESTING tab and upload a new APK for the beta
After the APK has been uploaded select Manage list of testers... and add the Google+ community.
When you are ready to go back to production just simply click the Promote to Prod button