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I'm on my way to upgrade from Wear1.x to wear 2.x. Learnt that wear 2.x apps are no more embedded with companion phone app. So, I decided to generate a new apk for Android wear.

Now, I have to test this wear apk release version. We use hockey app for build distribution and I am wondering the way to distribute wear app. I couldn't find any documentation for wear distribution by hockey app.

I'm not only specifically looking for a solution around hockey app. I'm more interested what are the ways to distribute android wear builds before publishing it to play-store release channels. Can anyone please guide me?

Any insights much appreciated.

sha
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You might be interested in a new feature just released by Google Play (as of Google I/O 2018). It's called an "Internal Test channel"

It lets you send a new version of your app in seconds to up to 100 test users, using the same infrastructure as Google Play.

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The common option would always be to create test users before release. Aside from your Hockey app, you can try distributing through email or releasing through a website.

ReyAnthonyRenacia
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  • We do release to play store beta testers after build is ready after testing. I haven't used 'Internal test' option in play store yet. Is this targeted for providing builds to internal tester? I do normally prefer using email or website as last resort. – sha May 16 '18 at 20:40