Android for work - How to check if my application is running in the work profile?

Question

I'm creating an app that needs to behave differently if it's running in the work profile.

There is any possibility to know that?

The documentation has nothing about it and I already tried to add a restriction that is only available in the work profile and it works, but I need a solution without any action from the administrator.

Android for work information: http://www.android.com/work/

Android for work documentation: https://developer.android.com/training/enterprise/index.html

Stinkpot

Did you manage to identify when an app is running on work profile or not? – Horthy

Unfortunately no. If you find anything, please let me know. – Stinkpot

Answer 1

I found a solution : if isProfileOwnerApp return true for one package name, it means that your app (badged) is running on work profile. if your app is running in normal mode (no badge) isProfileOwnerApp return false for all admins even if there is a Work profile.

DevicePolicyManager devicePolicyManager = (DevicePolicyManager) getSystemService(Context.DEVICE_POLICY_SERVICE);
List<ComponentName> activeAdmins =   devicePolicyManager.getActiveAdmins();
if (activeAdmins != null){
   for (ComponentName admin : activeAdmins){
      String packageName=  admin.getPackageName();
      Log.d(TAG, "admin:"+packageName);
      Log.d(TAG, "profile:"+ devicePolicyManager.isProfileOwnerApp(packageName));
      Log.d(TAG, "device:"+ devicePolicyManager.isDeviceOwnerApp(packageName));
   }
}

Pigeonhole

How do you know it's a work profile? or are all profiles work profiles? – Hoick

@Hoick if (devicePolicyManager.isProfileOwnerApp(packageName)) return true; inside the loop, if one package return true, then you are in work profile. Otherwise, you are not. – Potbellied

in my case i am getting both false in Xiaomi and activeadmins null in one plus, i am using Island app for work profile. – Menzies

Answer 2

I took the response from @earlypearl into a Kotlin class:

class UserProfile(context: Context) {
    private val weakContext = WeakReference(context)

    val isInstalledOnWorkProfile: Boolean
        get() {
            return weakContext.get()?.let {
                val devicePolicyManager =
                    it.getSystemService(AppCompatActivity.DEVICE_POLICY_SERVICE) as DevicePolicyManager
                val activeAdmins = devicePolicyManager.activeAdmins

                activeAdmins?.any { devicePolicyManager.isProfileOwnerApp(it.packageName) } ?: false
            } ?: false
        }
}

Forrester