Private apps in managed Play store
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12-04-2023 07:08 PM
Can someone please confirm if this support page is still accurate when it comes to a private app being checked?
"Aren't subject to the same checks as other apps. As a result, they can't be converted to public apps.
Are non-transferrable. You can't transfer ownership of an app to a different Play Developer account."
From -> Publish private apps from managed Play in your EMM console - Managed Google Play Help
We recently had to deal with an issue that came about from one of our private apps.
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12-05-2023 01:57 AM
Hello,
This is still the case, you cannot transfer nor convert these apps. You can either make them available to other organisations is you need, or create a public copy of your app.
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12-07-2023 12:56 PM
If "Aren't subject to the same checks as other apps" still true, any idea why a LOB app will get flagged as we need to provide Google a way to authenticate to test our app? From my understanding is that when we upload apps into the private managed play store none of those checks are required.
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