Android enterprise application development

Android Enterprise Application Development

Device Administration API

Regards,Paramvir Singh

Enterprises and Mobiles

• Every employee use mobile, most of them migrating to smart-phones.

• Big enterprises’ IT departments buy mobiles in bulk and issue them to employees.

• Smartphone as business phone : Workplace acceptance?

Workplace Acceptance of a mobile phone

• Personal needs?• Social needs?• Productivity needs?

Workplace Acceptance of a mobile phone

• Personal needs?• Social needs?• Productivity needs?• IT department

requirements?

What they demand from your phone?

• Data security • Device management• Applications

Data Security

Loss and theft

Interception

Employees

Device Management

• Registering different devices in company’s network

• Specific security policies for organization• User support• Keeping an eye

Deploying Applications

Deploying ApplicationsTo Enhance productivity

Deploying Applications

Identify

apps

Buy or

build

Distribution to employees

Updates

Usage

policies

To Enhance productivity

So how Android fits here?

So how Android fits here?

• VPN Support and secure Wi-Fi• Exchange email• Password / PIN Lock• Device Policies• Remote Lock / remote wipe API• Exchange calendar

• Exchange Active Sync• NFC Platform support for read, write, P2P

&• Improving continuously…

So how Android fits here?

What is there for developers?

What is there for developers?

Device Administration API

Device Administration API

• From 2.2• For “security aware ” apps• For almost all type of enterprise mobile

solutions

Application + Device administration API =

IT people are watching you!

Application + Device administration API =

You get the (sensitive) data!

Device Administration API

• Password policy• Remote wipe• Disable Camera • Enforced data encryption• Remote lock

Show me the API’s

• DeviceAdminReceiver • DevicePolicyManager• DeviceAdminInfo

DeviceAdminReceiver

• Broadcast Receiver to receive the raw system events

• Must include a subclass of this receiver• Action : DEVICE_ADMIN_ENABLED• Permission : BIND_DEVICE_ADMIN• Handles the event when user “enables” the

admin application

AdminReceiver in Manifest<receiver android:name=“.app.SampleAdmin”

android:label=“@string/admin_string” android:description="@string/sample_description” android:permission="android.permission.BIND_DEVICE_ADMIN">

<meta-data android:name="android.app.device_admin"android:resource="@xml/admin_sample_meta" />

<intent-filter><action android:name="android.app.action.DEVICE_ADMIN_ENABLED" />

</intent-filter></receiver>

To Enable the device admin app

Intent intent = new Intent(DevicePolicyManager.ACTION_ADD_DEVICE_ADMIN);

intent.putExtra(DevicePolicyManager.EXTRA_DEVICE_ADMIN, adminReceiverObject);intent.putExtra(DevicePolicyManager.EXTRA_ADD_EXPLANATION, “Some explanation.");startActivityForResult(intent, RESULT_ENABLE);

DeviceAdminInfo : Meta data : usage policies

<limit-password /><reset-password /><force-lock /><wipe-data /><expire-password /><encrypted-storage />

public class SampleAdmin extends DeviceAdminReceiver {

@Override

public void onEnabled(Context context, Intent intent) {

}

@Override

public CharSequence onDisableRequested(Context context, Intent intent) {

return “Custom message ";

}

@Override

public void onDisabled(Context context, Intent intent) {

}

@Override

public void onPasswordChanged(Context context, Intent intent) {

}

}

DevicePolicyManager

• To manage policies• Can be related to one or more admin receivers

DevicePolicyManager objDPM = (DevicePolicyManager)getSystemService(Context.DEVICE_POLICY_SERVICE);

objDevicePolicyManager. isAdminActive(objDeviceAdminSample)

DevicePolicyManager

• To set all password policies• To perform device lock• To perform data wipeIntent intent = new

Intent(DevicePolicyManager.ACTION_SET_NEW_PASSWORD);startActivity(intent);

objDPM.setPasswordQuality(objDeviceAdminReceiver, DevicePolicyManager.PASSWORD_QUALITY_ALPHANUMERIC);

long timeMs =1000 *5 *60;// 5 minutesobjDPM.setMaximumTimeToLock(objDeviceAdminReceiver, timeMs);

• Lock now : objDevicePolicyManager.lockNow();

• Data wipe : objDevicePolicyManager.wipeData(0); //argument currently must be zero

Q?

Paramvir SinghConsultant, Xebia

@param_vir88+919779623863