How to Build and Test iOS Apps on a Physical Phone: Adding Internal Testers (Part 3/5)

Now we have submitted our app to the App Store in Step 2, now it's time to invite friends and family to use it!

Testers Setup

Everyone with an Apple ID can be invited now to test on their phones. The phones' UUIDs don't need to be registered with Apple.

There are two different types of Testers: Internal and External.

Internal Testing

These are usually colleagues in the same company. For sole/indie developers, they can be anyone we wish to invite every time you make a new build during the testing phase. They don't have to have the same email domain as ours.

Step 1: Add as a New User
Add the friend in https://appstoreconnect.apple.com/access/users

Fill up the details and then Invite.

The friend will receive an email from the App Store.

Step 2: Accept via the Email
When they receive an email, Accept the invitation.

Step 3: Add to the Internal Testers Group
If it's the first build, developers must go to the build's Test Information to provide a "What To Test" description.

Go back to our App section, under TestFlight tab and scroll to the top:

Create a New Internal Group:

Then add Testers:

You can check this in the iOS TestFlight Build tab:

Next, we will add External Testers!

Video

Here's a video of the walk through.