How to manually install an application on the Ionic question

[DanMacLeod]

I want to send my apps .fba file to someone to do localized testing on an Ionic. I don't want to publish the .fba until after the testing has been completed. If I email the .fba file to a tester, is there a way for the tester to install the app on their Ionic? Can the tester just click on the .fba file to install it?

[gnitz]

Why do you not want to privately publish the .fba to GAM? 

The other way I think of doing this is to share the source with the tester and have them build and deploy the app using their own account on Fitbit studio.

[DanMacLeod]

I didn't realize I could publish privately, thanks for the info.

[DanMacLeod]

How would I privately publish the app? If I click the "Publish Build" button does it give me an option to publish privately?

[Gondwana]

I think that, after you upload a .fba, you get a 'link' near the top of the page.

[DanMacLeod]

thanks, I just assumed that link was for the published version. I'll check it out the next time I upload a .fba.