After getting my first app approved on Google Play, I was excited to share it everywhere. But then I noticed people were still seeing “Beta” and “Pre-register” instead of a normal install button 😅 My release flow was: Closed Testing (14 days + 12 testers: probably the most painful part ) → Open Testing → Production. Turns out I had not paused Open Testing (still not fully sure whether open testing required paused before Production or not), and I also forgot to properly activate Production countries/regions, this silly mistake gives me too much pain and embarrassment. Because of that, Play Store kept showing the testing listing instead of the public production version. Sharing this here in case another beginner Android developer runs into the same confusion. Btw here is my app if you are looking for a good productivity app which helps you to reduce screen time, if free and no ads : Prodzen submitted by /u/HeadWoodpecker5237 [link] [comments]