How to check application update on Google Play?

Question

Say I have an app in the Google Play Store with version 1.0.

In the new version (1.1), I would like to update the database with new columns.

Updating the database is a common failure in my application, because users in the previous version (1.0) do not have new columns in the database.

I tried using the beta feature of the Google Play Store, but the problem is that there is no effective way (or at least I have not found it yet) to do the following:

Install the current stable version (1.0) on the tester’s device, and then upgrade the application to (1.1) - let's say we received an error message while testing a new updated version (1.1), I fix it (1.2) and I would like to repeat the procedure, I would like to install 1.0 stable application on the tester device, and yet I would like to update the application to 1.2 (with the resolved error)

The only way (as far as I know) is to remove the beta tester from the beta testing list (it may take time to update on Google Play systems), restart the application 1.0, re-add the tester to the beta testing list (again hours of waiting) and download a new application 1.2.

Is there a more complicated way to test application version updates?

Thanks in advance.

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