For development and testing purposes I would like to install a (signed) apk on some different Wear OS-devices.
With android studio and ADB this is possible for devices in my local (wifi) network area.
As the app is not in a publishable state yet (it is still under development) I do not want to upload it to Google Play Store - I want some friends only to download and install it on their own wearables.
On phone or tablet devices this can be easily achieved by hosting the apk-file on a web server. By downloading it on the mobile device from there it can be installead just by accepting a security exception.
On a Wear OS wearable, however, I do not find any possibilities to download and install apk's directly. So I wonder how I can distribute a Wear OS-apk to some restricted users groups without Play Store? Anybody's any idea?
Thanx, Thomas
I would strongly advice you to use one of the internal test tracks that the Google Play Store provides.