A screenshot-by-screenshot walkthrough for installing the app on your Android phone and trying every part of the learning experience.
Bhasha Setu (“MLE” in the app) helps Hindi-speaking teachers learn tribal languages of the Bastar region — Halbi, Bhatri and Ho — through short, game-like lessons.
This is a test build connected to the staging server, so the content is demo content and may change. You're helping us check that the whole experience works on a real phone: signing up, downloading lessons, playing activities, hearing audio, and seeing your progress add up.
Two things to know up front. (1) SMS isn't connected in the test build, so the app shows your login code on screen — no real text message arrives. (2) The content here is for testing; the real lessons are still being prepared by the LLF team.
You'll get an email invitation from Firebase App Distribution at the address we registered for you.
Open the invitation email on the Android phone you'll test with, and tap Get started / Download the latest build.
The first time, Firebase asks you to sign in with the same Google/email address the invite was sent to, and to accept the tester terms. This is a one-time step.
Tap Download. When the .apk finishes, tap it to install. Android may warn about “installing from this source” — allow it for your browser, then continue.
Open the app once it's installed. It's called MLE on your home screen.
When we release an update, you'll get a new email — just download and install over the top. Your progress stays.
On first open you'll see a short four-slide intro explaining what the app is for. Tap Next through the slides (or Skip), then Get Started. After the tour, the app takes you to the Login screen.
Returning users land here first. Enter your mobile number and tap Get OTP. If you're brand new, tap New User? Sign Up instead (next section).
Where's my code? Because SMS isn't wired up in the test build, the app shows your 6-digit code in a yellow box right on the OTP screen — “Test build — SMS isn't wired yet. Use this code: …”. Type that code into the boxes and tap Verify OTP. No real text message will arrive.
New testers tap Sign Up, enter a mobile number, and verify the on-screen code the same way. Then you'll tell us who you are.
Pick Educators (teachers, principals, education officers) or Others, then fill in the short profile form — name, gender and role are the only required fields; grades, subjects, and location are optional. Tap Create Profile to continue.
Your medium of instruction is Hindi (used across the app). Choose which tribal language you want to learn — for testing, please pick Halbi, which has the demo lessons loaded. Tap Continue.
After you continue, the app downloads the lessons for that language. On a slow connection this can take a few seconds — the button shows a spinner while it works.
Home greets you by name and shows everything at a glance.
The bottom bar switches between Home, Learn, Dictionary and Profile. The icons at the top-right are sync (push your progress to the server) and notifications.
A learning path is a sequence of modules drawn as a growing vine. Each flower is one module; tap a module to open it.
Each module shows its level, the XP you can earn, an estimate like ~15 min, and your status — Start Learning, in progress, or Completed. The dropdown at the top switches between the different paths. Use the switcher to explore them all.
Modules are made of short activities. The example below is Flash Cards — tap the card to flip it, listen to the audio with the speaker button, then mark whether you got it right.
There are several activity types across the lessons — flash cards, listening quizzes, matching games, tap-to-select and more. Please try a few and check that:
When something looks off or you have a suggestion, please jot down:
Thank you for testing! Your notes directly shape what we fix before the real lessons go in. Share them in the project group or reply to the release message.