分发应用以供审核的概述

了解如何使用应用商店、内部分发和 EAS 更新分发你的应用以供审核。


本页概述了与你的团队共享应用预览版本以进行 QA 和审核的三种方法:使用 EAS Update 的应用商店测试轨道、内部分发和开发版本。

¥This page outlines three approaches to sharing a preview version of your app with your team for QA and review: app store testing tracks, internal distribution, and development builds with EAS Update.

Can I use Expo Go for reviewing releases?

Even though Expo Go is an open-source sandbox that can be good for previewing isolated prototypes on Android and iOS, it is not intended for production apps. It should be avoided during the preview process of your app.

App store testing tracks

When distributing apps through app store testing tracks, you can only use release builds. You cannot use this method to distribute development builds. An alternative approach is to use "Internal distribution", which works with both release and development builds.

Android: Google Play Beta

Before a complete public release, Google Play beta is another option to distribute your app to testers. You can set up either an internal, closed, or open test track and control who has access to the app.

Each test track has its own requirements. For the internal track, you can only invite up to 100 testers. Both closed and open tracks support larger groups of testers. In closed tracks, you need to invite testers, while in open tracks, anyone can join your program.

To use Google Play beta, you need to upload your app as an AAB (Android App Bundle) to the Google Play Console, set up a test track, and invite users via email or a shareable link. Testers can install the app through the Play Store, and you can collect feedback and crash reports directly from the Google Play Console.

iOS: TestFlight

TestFlight is another option to distribute your app to iOS devices. TestFlight also requires a paid Apple Developer account. TestFlight's internal testing option allows you to create test groups that include up to 100 members of your Apple Developer account team, who then download the app through the TestFlight app. Some teams prefer TestFlight because it doesn't require a new build to add new testers, and apps stay updated automatically.

TestFlight also includes an external testing option that allows you to share your app with up to 10,000 users via an email or a public link.

Both internal and external test distribution in TestFlight require you to upload your app to App Store Connect and wait for the automated review before you can share a build. However, external test builds will need to go through a more formal App Store review (which is distinct from the review that your app must undergo before production release) before being distributed.

EAS 提交

了解如何将你的应用上传到应用商店测试和发布轨道。

Internal distribution with EAS Build

Internal distribution is a feature provided by EAS that allows developers to create builds and easily share them with a URL. The URL can be opened on a device to install the app. The app is provided as an installable APK for Android or an ad hoc provisioned app for iOS.

As soon as an internal distribution build is created, it is available for download and installation — no need to fill out any forms or wait for approval/processing. You can use internal distribution to share both release and development builds.

如何设置内部分发构建

了解 EAS Build 如何为你的构建提供可与你的团队共享的 URL,以便进行内部分发。

Development builds and EAS Update

You can use development builds to load previews of your app during the review stage by publishing an update with EAS Update. After sharing a development build through internal distribution and installing it, you can launch any update that you published with EAS Update, as long as it is compatible with the installed build. Learn more about Runtime versions and updates.

You can use the Expo dashboard to launch updates and share a link to a specific update.
You can explore and launch updates directly from a development build.
You can configure GitHub actions to automatically publish updates on PRs and commits.

这种方法非常强大,因为它允许你以运行 eas update 的速度响应反馈。与你的团队共享应用的新版本可能需要几秒钟,你可以这样做而无需重建应用或将其上传到商店测试轨道。

¥This approach is uniquely powerful because it allows you to respond to feedback as quickly as you can run eas update. It can take seconds to share a new version of your app with your team, and you can do so without needing to rebuild the app or upload it to a store test track.

开始使用 EAS 更新

Learn how to get started using expo-updates library and use EAS Update in your project.

使用 GitHub 操作

了解如何使用 GitHub Actions 自动化使用 EAS Update 发布更新的过程。它还可以使更新部署一致且快速,让你有更多时间开发应用。

Use expo-dev-client with EAS Update

Learn how to use expo-dev-client in your project to launch different app versions and preview a published update inside a development build.