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A specialized type of Android device administrator

Android 5.0 introduces the ability to deploy a device owner app. A device owner is a specialized type of device administrator that has the additional ability to create and remove secondary users and to configure global settings on the device.

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Stuck on "Connecting to WiFi" screen while provisioning Android Lollipop device

I am trying to auto connect with WiFi when provisioning Android Lollipop device using below NFC tags: p.setProperty(DevicePolicyManager.EXTRA_PROVISIONING_WIFI_SSID, "-----"); p.setProperty(DevicePolicyManager.EXTRA_PROVISIONING_WIFI_PASSWORD,…
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Android - How to check current device owner?

Assuming I've got rooted device I am able to set device owner by adb: dpm set-device-owner xxx.package.xxx So - is there any possibility to check current device owner using adb? Now I have to disable single app mode and go to security settings…
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Does Device Owner app get System App permissions?

I'm trying to put some pieces together regarding the Device Owner application. With regards the the newly released EMM API, is there a way for the Device Owner application get system app permissions? I have noticed that the API allows remote package…
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build AOSP with device owner configuration

I want to build AOSP with a Device Manager app. How can I build the AOSP with device_owner.xml and device_policies.xml already configured ? PS: My target will be nexus5.
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Install a GooglePlay located App from NFC

Working with Lollipop, I have a device-owner app that is installed with NFC at provision time. What I need now is to handle automatic updates for my App, from Google Play to rely on the standard Android App update system... So far I can imagine 2…
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ScreenCapture via MediaProjection without user intervention in Kiosk apps - Android

I work for a digital signage company which has Android devices running in kiosk mode. Lately, we wanted to add screen capture for debugging. The easiest way to do that was to use getWindow().getDecorView().getRootView().getDrawingCache() to…
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Cosu app development through Android Management Api or device owner locktask

i have to implement single use application for my Enterprise's devices where there is only one major android app that itself can use 2-3 other apps like call, sms and google maps, other than that user must not be able to use or access other apps…
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startLockTask() without request user action

I want to activate startLockTask() without any request for users. So at first i read this Device Administration and create small sample application. In result i have my application in device administrators list but when i call startLockTask() it…
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Android - Allowing installation of non-market-apps fails in device owner app

I'm trying to set the security setting "Unknown Sources - Allow installation of apps from unknown sources" programmatically. For this, the DevicePolicyManager (with level 21) provides a function ("SetSecureSetting") to set this setting (only…
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Install updates for a Device-Owner App

Does anyone know what is the behavior in production of a device-owner App, distributed thru Google Play, when updates occur? As we know, installing a device-owner App involves some motivation and is not easy: reset to factory default then…
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How to set device owner on Android Things?

I would like to set my Android app as device owner on a device running Android Things. (I know that Android Things is getting shut down, but still I would need to make it work) I tried the usual command: adb shell dpm set-device-owner…
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Make a custom Setup Wizard for System Android Application running on an Emulator

I need to build a custom Setup Wizard to provision another app as a device owner. The setup wizard will then run on our hardware as a privileged app (residing in the priv-app folder) I have spent a lot of time trying to get this to work in an…
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Looking for solution for updating a device owner app without factory reset

I have a kiosk mode Android non-Playstore tablet app (that we have been installing on the devices by using adb shell install). Kiosk mode is achieved through a combination of several DevicePolicyManager methods, setting user restrictions, and…
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Error: Unknown admin: ComponentInfo

The manifest file can be found here. DeviceAdminReceiver class can be found here agent_device_xml is as defined below: …
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How to access HardwarePropertiesManager on Android Things

I have a raspberry pi installed with the android things developer preview. I would like to monitor the CPU temperature and usage of the raspberry itself. My approach was to use the HardwarePropertiesManager like this: HardwarePropertiesManager…
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