Test the Mateu app on Android
The Mateu app — any Mateu UI on your phone — is already on the App Store. To be published on Google Play, a new app must first run a closed test: at least 12 people opted in as testers for 14 days in a row. You can be one of them. It takes about five minutes, and the app is the same free app everyone will get.
What you need
Section titled “What you need”- An Android phone with the Play Store.
- The Google account that phone uses for Play. The tester list goes by Google account, so join with the same one. If you are not sure, open the Play Store and tap your profile picture.
Become a tester
Section titled “Become a tester”- Join the testers group. Open groups.google.com/g/mateu-testers and click Join group, signed in with that Google account. Joining is what puts you on the tester list.
- Accept the invitation. Open play.google.com/apps/testing/io.mateu.app, on the phone or on a computer signed in with the same account, and tap Become a tester. If the page says the app is not available, wait a few minutes after joining the group and reload it.
- Install the app from Play. On the phone, open the Mateu app on Google Play and tap Install. The listing is only visible to testers, so it must be the account from step 2.
- Keep it installed for 14 days. The 14 days count only while at least 12 testers stay opted in, so please do not uninstall it or leave the test before then. Opening it now and then helps too.
Something to try
Section titled “Something to try”The app opens on your own list of UIs: empty at first. Tap Add a UI › Type an address instead and type one of these demos:
- 🏛
museums.ec1.mateu.io— the collections of three museums: artists, works, exhibitions, loans. - 🚀
space.ec1.mateu.io— a space-themed demo.
Or scan a Mateu QR code, such as the one the Mateu IDE plugins show for an app running on your computer (Open on mobile). The app asks for no sign-up and no personal data.
Tell us what you find
Section titled “Tell us what you find”Anything that looks wrong, is confusing or crashes: open an issue on GitHub with your phone model and Android version, and a screenshot if you can. You can also leave private feedback for the developers from the app’s Play listing.
Leaving the test
Section titled “Leaving the test”Once the app is public you can stay: you will receive the public updates like anyone else. To leave earlier, open the testing page again and tap Leave the program. You can then keep the app installed or uninstall it.
Your data
Section titled “Your data”Joining the group and the test shares your Google account’s email with the app’s developer, as Google Play does for every closed test. The app itself works like the published one: what it stores is the list of UIs you add, on your phone.