I was following this tutorial to set the app as device owner. In that tutorial, there is a section 'Using adb to set the device owner'. The tutorial here says that after installing the Kiosk Mode D...

I previously posted a question on how to get the signature checksum of my APK here: How do I get the signature checksum of my APK? The answer is perfect if an app is signed with the v1 signature s...

I have an application, that can be successfully setup as Device Owner on devices up to Android 12 via QR code from JSON below: { "android.app.extra.PROVISIONING_DEVICE_ADMIN_COMPONENT_NAME&quo...

For some reason, the QR code for installing our app as a device owner stopped working on Android12 devices (the same QR codeworks perfectly on previous Android versions). The error message we are g...

I am able to make my app, the device owner app through NFC as mentioned here. Now I want to update my app over the air, but I couldn't find a method without rooting. Google is providing many optio...

I have a device running Android 7.1.1 and I am building sample DPC app in preparation for making a COSU kiosk app but I keep running into an error in the provisioning setup. Steps I take: Factor...

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.

After the PackageInstaller successfully (self) updates the application, the application closes and doesn't launch again. Possible duplicate: Android PackageInstaller, re-open the app after it updat...

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(Device...

I'm developing a tracking application and I need to prevent users from turning off the basic sensors used to determine the location. I can not modify the devices ROM or have root access (or at leas...

Firstly, apologies if this is an inappropriate place for this question as it is not strictly a code question but I am struggling to find any relevant resources anywhere else. We have a solution ba...

I want to install my application as device owner on Android TV Box and I get the next exception. adb shell dpm set-device-owner "com.android.testapp/.receivers.AdminReceiver" java.lang.RuntimeExc...

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().ge...

I've got an app that registers itself as the default launcher and pins itself automatically when started. This all works fine when installing the app. It pins itself and only the back button is v...

well, my problem is: I have an application which is set as the device owner of a device (my tablet in this case). I did it from the terminal in Ubuntu, connecting the tablet to my PC and executting...

I am pretty new to android and I am currently developing an Android App that should run in KioskMode, so that a normal user can't exit the application or do anything outside of it. What I already d...

With the Android device owner API it is possible to reboot the device (https://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/admin/DevicePolicyManager.html#reboot(android.content.ComponentName)) whic...

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 u...

I will be using Managed Configurations in an app I am developing. After getting some help with this answer, I do not understand how default values are used in Managed Configurations. My reference ...

I am developing an app that will work in 2 different Android environments (consumer & corporate markets). Lets say it is a texting app with a dozen configuration parameters to manage. The firs...

I would like to use the signature checksum instead of the package checksum when provisioning a device with a device owner app. The app will be downloaded from an http server. This post is great w...

I'm developing an app that runs as Device Owner, and I want to build an automatic updater inside it. To do it I use the PackageInstaller, as I have the privileges to use it due to my Device owner p...

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 d...

I've had an issue with my device-owner App : before Android 5.1 it was working nicely, but now after the update to Android 5.1, installing a device-owner App disables the Backup Service. Now in t...

The Lollipop API provides 2 new features "Profile Owner" and "Device Owner" (http://developer.android.com/about/versions/android-5.0.html#Enterprise). Between them, they offer j...