I would imagine that a developer community would be the best group to solicit feedback from. They understand how beneficial it can be for the original developer, and with the knowledge that their support will be met with similar support when they have the same need. I started a site just the other day around Android development and perhaps that can be used to facilitate this, or if there's something more specific that would be needed, I'd volunteer to work on setting it up.
Chris Stewart cstewart...@gmail.com On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 2:24 PM, Maps.Huge.Info (Maps API Guru) < cor...@gmail.com> wrote: > You can post your apk to a website and just send a link. That's how I > do it. The user must select "menu button-settings-applications-unknown > source" for it to install. Users on AT&T will be SOL though, AT&T has > disabled that feature from Android devices they sell. We all love > AT&T, this is another reason why. > > As far as beta testing, there are a couple of methods I've tried. > > My first idea was to advertise at the bottom of the help text that I'm > looking for beta testers. That worked well at first but the problem is > one of interest. I had over 200 people volunteer but at the last beta, > only a dozen actually downloaded the app and only three gave me their > feedback. I certainly can understand why: attrition. My second idea > was simpler and worked out a lot better. When I have a beta to test, I > advertise in the help that I have a beta ready and give a URL where > they can download it. This resulted in over 200 tests and a few dozen > responders with feedback. > > An official beta test community of regular users would be the ideal > situation. > > -John Coryat > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
