26 results found
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App Distribution should have at least basic management of email notifications
There is no option to set email preferences for tester groups in Firebase App Distribution. It is unnecessary to pester everyone with emails when they can find the last app version in App Tester.
40 votes -
Support Public distribution group to allow user to install app on their device without authentication
However, Firebase lacks the feature to share debug builds with a public distribution group, like Microsoft AppCenter offers, without adding testers. Sharing public link users should be able to install on their devices without authentication.
21 votes -
Support Markdown format for release notes files
When attaching release notes to a release using App Distribution, it would be great if Markdown files were supported and rendered (release emails, inside the Tester app, in the Console, etc).
21 votes -
Download IPA/APK files from Download link on Desktop
Allow users opening the Download link for a Firebase App Distribution Release to access and download the app file through desktop browsers instead of arbitrarily blocking it.
5 votes -
Firebase App Distribution Permissions Change
Currently, the automated testing feature within Firebase App Distribution mandates that the user executing the test possess either the Project Owner or Project Editor IAM role. This requirement is overly broad and presents a significant operational barrier for organizations managing a large number of projects (e.g., 1,000+) where granting such high-level permissions is often restricted due to security policies and standard practices. Attempts confirmed that even users with high-privilege roles like Organization Admin and Firebase Admin were unable to run these tests, indicating the check is strictly limited to Owner/Editor.
This limitation prevents teams from effectively utilizing the automated testing…
4 votes -
Customizable Filename for iOS Artifacts in Firebase App Distribution
Description:
We have identified an area for improvement regarding the naming of iOS artifacts in Firebase App Distribution. Currently, when an IPA file is downloaded from the Firebase App Distribution console, it is automatically named app.ipa regardless of its original filename.
Background:
Our investigation revealed that, based on Google’s public documentation [1] [2], there is no available method to customize the filename during download.
Firebase App Distribution automatically assigns the name app.ipa for iOS artifacts as a default behavior, and this is not configurable via the console or CLI.
Request:
We propose the introduction of a feature that allows users…
3 votes -
Show direct download link for releases as QR code to scan using phone
Hello team,
As AppCenter is deprecated and we're currently moving to Firebase App Distribution as our primary internal app testing platform we'd like to request a new but very valuable feature. This feature should be minor and quick to implement but would make our lives a lot simpler.
We use Fastlane and the firebaseappdistribution plugin for deploying our builds during CI builds. This plugin generates three links to download a specific release. The first generated link is to view the release in the Firebase Console and it's the one we're currently giving our QA testers and POs so…
5 votes -
Download ipa/apk files on Desktop
Allow a Download link for a build uploaded to Firebase App Distribution to be opened and the file downloaded on a desktop machine instead of only mobile devices, allowing the sharing of apps with third parties that cannot access email or google accounts on the target devices. It's the same basic functionality that already exists, simply allowed on desktop as well instead of arbitrarily blocked.
Given the nearly ubiquitous presence of this as an option with other app distributors, it's somewhat shocking this wasn't already an option.
4 votes -
supports renaming tester groups for App Distribution
It seems impossible to rename tester groups in App Distribution while it seems useful to have some options to organize the groups based on progressive insight.
11 votes -
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1 vote -
Enable Desktop App Distribution
Allow desktop app developers to distribute DMG and EXE files via app distribution. This is part of a wider topic of enabling Firebase tooling for desktop environments but seems like a quicker win.
3 votes -
App Distribution API includes information whether tester have installed the app
Currently the only way to know whether a tester have installed a version is through the Firebase Console. I wish we could get this information through the App Distribution API too. Currently we only have lastActivityTime which is not very useful: https://firebase.google.com/docs/reference/app-distribution/rest/v1/projects.testers#Tester
5 votes -
1 vote
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any plans to make the "AI-Powered App Testing Agent" also available for Flutter Web apps
Using prompts to create test scripts would be pretty interesting!
1 vote -
WearOS support for App Distribution
WearOS App Distribution feature is recommended, so Firebase can be used for deploying WearOS apps and updates for test users, and even for production/enterprise apps
4 votes -
Slack webhook for app distribution
When we share a build to Firebase App Distribution it would be great to share that build details and link into slack. There's no easy way of doing this at the moment.
6 votes -
Support adaptive app icons
Android 8.0 (API level 26) introduced adaptive app icons, which are made out of background and foreground layer. Apps that have minSDK = 26 don't have to specify "flat" PNG icons. However, App Distribution doesn't support adaptive app icons, and as a result weird icon with cropped app name is displayed in the App Tester app. App Distribution should support adaptive app icons by parsing icon XML, obtaining foreground and background assets, and based on this render the icon.
6 votes -
Provide command to add testers to Tester groups via CLI
Currently, the Firebase CLI command can add testers to a Firebase App distribution project. But adding testers to a tester group can be done only manually on the Firebase portal. This becomes tedious for teams who maintain multiple tester groups and a large number of testers. Adding feasibility to mention to which tester group, the tester should be added in the Firebase add tester CLI command will make this process easier.
16 votes -
Add Android TV support for the AppTester app
The Firebase Apptester APK is incredibly close to having full Android TV support, please add the last remaining steps to make it fully compatible.
User scenario: As a developer, I want my QA-Testers to have access to new TV builds. I can deploy these into apptester, but QA currently has to download the .apk and then manually install them via adb. It would be nice to simply install apptester onto the TV test-device and get the releases there immediately.
What I have tested: it's already possible to install the apptester apk onto a TV, and it runs beautifully: Login works,…
11 votes -
Descriptions for Tester groups
It would be nice to be able to add a description to App Distribution tester groups so that we can add instructions for other admins that manage the same dashboard. We impose limits on who should and shouldn't be added to certain groups, and while this is enforced by tooling we periodically run, it would be nice to have proactive instructions for other admins to see instead of always having to reactively act to revert unwarranted changes.
5 votes
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