Testing for Google Play Publishing

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1. As far as I am aware, no, you cannot skip testing on a newer google play developer account.

2. See here for some methods

Google's 20 testers requirement

Hi all, I've recently finished an app and wanted to release it in the play store, but developer accounts created after Nov 13th need to have the app tested by 20 different users before it can be released. That's quite a lot and despite asking friends, family and all of my facebook, I only got 8 accounts from people who'd test my app. It was also a quite awkward experience to have to ask friends for their google account email, only close friends are willing to share that information and I'm not…