TestFlight Users
Set Up Users and Access (TestFlight)¶
You repeat this step if you need to add a User to your account. For example, you want to add another adult who can install the app on your child's phone or you want a spouse or friend to have a copy of the app on their phone as backup for a trip.
As a developer, you are already included as a user with the Role of Account Holder, Admin. But you will need to add yourself to the TestFlight group for your App.
Once the first build completes, you will be able to configure TestFlight for the app.
Add Each Users One Time
Once you add a user to have access to your TestFlight for this app, you don't need to do it again - it remains available to them across rebuilds and different versions for that app.
You are configuring a private capability for your family using an Internal Testing group. You need the Apple ID email address for each adult installing from your build. When building for a child, you will use your own Apple ID, not theirs. See TestFlight for a Child.
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First you need to add the email address(es) to your App Store Connect Access Users list:
- Open this link: Users and Access
- You must provide a role for each person -
Customer Support
is a good choice - Once you have added them here, you'll be able to select them in the
TestFlight
group for your app
- You must provide a role for each person -
- Open this link: Users and Access
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Open this link: App Store Connect / Apps to view your apps; log in if needed. Then select your Loop app. Click on the
TestFlight
tab then click the blue plus button () next toInternal Testing
to add a group. -
Fill out the name you want for the
Internal Testing
group- Be sure to check the box
Enable automatic distribution
- Click
Create
when done (this can always be modified later)
- Be sure to check the box
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As soon as you create the group, you'll be asked who should be included
- Click in the box beside each person you want to include
- Each person in this group will get an email each time you update (build again) using the
GitHub Browser Build
method - Click
Add
when you are done - If building for a child, you will send the invitation to yourself because you will install for your child: See TestFlight for a Child
Next Step¶
It is now time to install your Loop app using the TestFlight app on the phone: Install on Phone.