I'm testing the implementation of the emm, and as i understood in the documentation i can
Automatically install applications WITHOUT end user intervention
Block any application to prevent its installation
Automatically UNINSTALL any app without end user intervention
I tried to perform this tasks using Policies but it didn't seem to work.
I'll appreciate your help.
Thanks.
Gabriel.
You need to configure WSO2 EMM in order to get it working. However for Android devices silent installation and uninstallation does not work until you install the Android Agent app as a system app in your devices. So it will prompt a message to user when EMM server perform an installation or uninstallation operation on the device. But for iOS it happens without use intervention.
if you blocking an app, EMM 1.0.0 shows an warning message to the android users to remove it. and for iOS it actually block the app.
You can use policies to block apps and install apps to the devices.
For iOS you need to configure it according to the documentation in order to get it working. For Android it works without any configurations, but if you are going for production you need to configure it.
I got around this issue by rooting the Android devices we're using and installing the Xposed Framework, along with the XInstaller module for it. There are several options for installation/uninstallation that can be used to create an installation/uninstallation experience free from the need for user intervention.
This was pretty easy for me to do, as we're only using corporate-owned devices that don't even leave the facility. Your mileage may vary.
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Please, I'm using Android services in my app to launch local notifications, exactly as described here, on Appcelerator Wiki. The services run well as expected but if the application is removed from the recent apps tray or device was rebooted, services stop.
I would like to the service still running after the app is removed from the recent apps tray or restart service after reboot device. How can I do it using classic Titanium.
In iOS version of my app I'm using Ti.App.iOS.scheduleLocalNotification and run very well, even after switching the device off and on. I wish that on Android worked the same way.
Thank You for any help.
(sorry for my bad english)
You can try benCoding.Android.Tools module. check the BootReceiver
you can find an example here if you are using a service for notification you need to install the module and add the receiver to your tiapp.xml as in the example
Today we have an app in applestore with a version labeled as 7.6.2 and internal build number as 1.0.0. We are using mobilefirst 7.1 to develop. Problem is that now we have a new app, that is 7.6.2.1, but we would like to know if is possible continue to use 7.6.2 app from applestore onto 7.6.2.1 mobilefirst app (asking it because we would like to keep our customers using just a single app from applestore). We also have an app on google play and would like to apply same idea.
Maybe this is an edge case, so do we have a way to control this directupdate by ourselves?
Customization of direct update is limited to the UI and options when you receive a direct update push.
As for version management, if both versions 7.6.2 and 7.6.2.1 are deployed in the MFP server, end users can have these versions deployed on their devices. Direct update or other configurations can be separately configured for these different versions.
However, if an end user is on v 7.6.2 and they take an update from AppStore or Playstore, and the version on the device becomes v7.6.2.1, this updated application on the device will start connecting to only v7.6.2.1 in the server. And only direct updates this version on the device ( 7.6.2.1) will receive are the ones uploaded to 7.6.2.1 in the server.
Direct update feature is meant only to push small web resources changes into your application. If the MFP Application Version numbers for both app versions(i.e 7.6.2 and 7.6.2.1) are different, you can continue to use both the versions and push direct update indvidually based on version number.
I published an app to the App Store using Titanium Studio in 2013. I have recently found a bug in the code that I want to fix and publish.
I logged into Appcelerator's website to download the latest studio since it's been three years, only to find out that it's a paid platform now.
I just want to make a quick bug fix and publish. I don't need any of the services that come with the platform.
I realize there is a free SDK that you can compile yourself, etc, etc.
I don't mind paying for a $36 for one month only if it enables me to just publish a new version of my app.
My question is, if I publish the app after paying the $36 and then cancel my subscription, will the cancellation affect my app? Does the IDE inject some sort of "call home" time bomb?
I tried asking the support at appcelerator but they answered like a politician and dodged it.
Thanks for any help.
A published/compiled app has no direct connection with appcelerator. So if you cancel the subscription nothing happens.
However, if you use paid services... things might go wrong.
Statistics for example is a paid service. If you cancel subscription I assume the app keeps working but will make calls to their backend that most likely will fail (not sure about this). App should keep working.
If you use any cloud service (push notifications, arrow storage etc) your app will stop working of course.
If you don't use any of the services, you can just cancel and be done with it.
That said, if you just want to make 1 change to an app you could just dive in and compile without the Appcelerator Platform and just use the Open Source code.
I am testing WSO2-Emm system for managing our android mobile app. We have an app for taxi drivers. We deploy it using our tablets and a single gmail account. Our problem is that google allows up to 10 signed in devices for a single google account.
I have tried to load the apk to the WSO2 store. The problem is that when I want to upload a new version of the same app I get a warning message saying that this APK already exists in the store. When I try to rename it and add it as a new apk it works. The problem is that when I go to App-Management, the application appears under 'installed'. The Emm system doesn't detect there is a new version.
To be more specific, my question is is there a way to manage mobile application versions using the WSO2 store and not the google play store.
If there is a way we can go on with this system. If not, we will stop testing it.
The only way I've figured out how update an already installed app is by going to the App Management tab, selecting your latest version of the app in question, and hitting the install button under the Roles tab (NOT the Users tab). It will send the install command to any devices listed under roles you have checked, even if they already have the app installed. Keep in mind this will install the app on all the devices, even devices that already have the version you're trying to put out.
It looks like you already know about the patch on EMM-686 that must be implemented in order to upload multiple versions of the same app to the Publisher. Just in case you want to confirm it's implemented correctly, see my answer here for instructions on how to implement it.
I'm about to implement some unlock-functionality In-App-Purchase in an app. The client would like the functionality to be available the first two weeks after installing the app, and then go away until the user pays up.
I need the app to determine whether it has been previously installed, deleted, and installed again. If I can't do that users can just reinstall the app and get two more weeks for free.
Any ideas?
It seems all data is deleted when the app itself is deleted, which kind of limits my options. There is a server backend to the app. Is my best option to log something there or is there another way?
You can make use of the keychain in iOS. It will not be removed even if you uninstall the app. But you have to make sure you use the same provisioning profile across different versions of your application.
And, have a look at this utility