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Understanding Appstore Quality Central

Appstore Quality Central is a comprehensive suite of testing tools and services that help you publish high-quality apps. Appstore Quality Central is designed to support you throughout the app development lifecycle, including the build, test, publish, and maintenance phases.

Key features

By testing your app through Appstore Quality Central, you can improve quality, increase stability, and optimize the user experience before you publish your app. Your tests let you experience what customers would see if the app were live in the Amazon Appstore. Appstore Quality Central has the following key benefits:

  • Live device interaction: Allows you to test your apps on a range of devices supported by Amazon Appstore by providing remote access to the Appstore device farm.
  • Automated testing: Allows you to asynchronously perform comprehensive functional and performance testing on a range of devices through an Amazon-provided test suite.

Testing workflow

The following image shows the testing workflow for Appstore Quality Central.

From the Appstore Quality Central home page, you can select Automated Testing, Test Summary, or Live Device Interaction. After setting up and submitting an automated test run, test result details become available.

Appstore Quality Central home

To access Appstore Quality Central, use the following button.

On the Appstore Quality Central home screen, you can access the different features offered, including automated testing and live device interaction. Appstore Quality Central offers these features to help you gain insights and fix issues in your app.

About Appstore Quality Central. Automated Testing - Get Started. Live Device Interaction - Get Started.
Appstore Quality Central home screen

Decide which feature you want to start with and click Get Started next to that feature.

To go directly to a feature, use the tabs at the top of the screen as follows:

  • For automated app testing, choose Test Your App.
  • For viewing existing test runs, choose Tests Summary.
  • To test app functionality on real physical devices, choose Live Device Interaction.

Next steps

To get started, see Get Started With Appstore Quality Central.


Last updated: Jul 19, 2024