How to become a tester

Help test BPW Trail Finder

BPW Trail Finder is now available on Google Play, and anyone can install it from the Play Store. If you'd like to help shape what comes next, you can join the testers and get new versions before they're released to everyone.

Test versions include new features that are still being worked on, so they may occasionally be less stable than the public version. Your feedback helps make sure they work properly before everyone gets them.

What's involved

Ideally, testers would walk one or more sections of the Brenda Parker Way with the app running. If you can do that, your feedback on how new features work on the ground is especially valuable.

You can still help even if you can't get to the route:

• Try out new features when an update arrives. Let me know through the app's feedback option if anything is confusing or doesn't work.
• Check the app looks right on your phone. Different screen sizes can cause layout problems that I can't see on my own phones.

Any help is really appreciated, whether you can walk the route or not.

You'll need

• An Android phone
• A Google account (the one you use for the Play Store)

How to sign up

Please do these steps on your phone, in this order. Use the same Google account throughout, the one signed into your phone's Play Store. Using a different account is the most common reason sign-up doesn't work.

Step 1: Join the testers group
Join the BPW Trail Finder testers group
Tap Join group.

Step 2: Become a tester
Become a tester on Google Play
Tap Become a tester. If it says the app isn't available yet, wait half an hour or so and try again.

Step 3: Install or update the app
Open BPW Trail Finder on Google Play
Install the app, or tap Update if you already have it. The Play Store page should now show that you're a tester. This can take a little while to appear.

Going back to the public version

You can stop testing at any time. Open the tester page and tap Leave the program. You'll go back to the public version the next time it's updated.

Having trouble?

If you get stuck at any step, email bpwtrailfinder@gmail.com and I'll help you get set up.

Your privacy

The app uses your location only to track your progress along the route. See the privacy policy for details.

Thank you for helping!