How to enable Non market application in Managed Profile (Android 5.0) programmatically

Question

Hello I was checking Android 5.0 samples there was sample BasicManagedProfile. Using that I have created managed profile successfully. But it was managing only Market applications (Downloaded from Google Play) as managed application. But I tried with custom say it HelloWOrld application that is not available on Market. It gave me the error " java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Only system apps can be enabled this way."

 devicePolicyManager.enableSystemApp(
                        BasicDeviceAdminReceiver.getComponentName(activity), packageName);

code that i was using to enable application. Is there any way or API to enable Custom application in Managed Profile.

Trutko

Answer 1

After searching for many days I found that currently google has not provided any API/ methods to enable non-market application in managed profile.

Trutko

Answer 2

Managed users cannot install non market apps in Lollipop, programmatically or manually. There's a spammy bug report about the manual way.

However, there's a workaround for development/personal use. Just install your app with adb install after the managed user creation. The app will be installed for both users.

Predella

yes hartok found that solution only. Thank you for response :) – Trutko