Android for Work

[rogerhu]

Started a draft here: http://guides.codepath.com/android/Android-for-Work

• Overview
  • enables single device for personal and work
  • allow internal apps to be maintained by work and data
  • managed app configurations (https://github.com/googlesamples/android-AppRestrictionSchema)
  • different owners: work profile owner, profile owner, device owner (controls Wifi access)
    • managed devices (corporate owned) vs work profile (BYOD)
    • IT admin can push work profiles
    • secure work profile
    • enables encryption on the entire device
• Device Policy Client (https://support.google.com/work/android/answer/6192678?hl=en)
  • Testing with DPC (http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2015/11/testing-your-app-for-android-for-work.html, https://github.com/googlesamples/android-testdpc)
    • How to build a DPC (https://developers.google.com/android/work/build-dpc)
  • User guide (https://github.com/googlesamples/android-testdpc/blob/master/TestDPC_UserGuide.pdf)
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[ ] - You can have Android for Work or Google Apps for Work, which means different Google accounts that are available to be used (https://support.google.com/work/android/answer/6371476?hl=en&ref_topic=6151012, https://developers.google.com/android/work/setup, https://developers.google.com/android/work/play/emm-api/create-enterprise)
- [ ] You can signup for Google Play for Work (https://play.google.com/work/termsofservice) instead of a Google Apps account

- [ ] You can use a personal Gmail account instead (https://support.google.com/googleplay/work/answer/7042221?hl=en&ref_topic=7042018)
- [ ] Create an Android for Work Accounts enterprise (https://support.google.com/googleplay/work/answer/7042126)

• Enrollment (https://developers.google.com/android/work/setup)

Features

• Base minimum version supported: Lollipop 5.0 + Google Play
  • cross camera/multimedia capture
  • whitelist input methods
  • intent forwarding
  • app restrictions
  • cross profile copy/paste (personal -> work profile, but not the other way around)
• Android 5.1 only
  • location access status
  • NFC sharing from managed profile
• Android 6.0 (Marshmallow)
  • data usage tracking
  • delegated cert installation
  • work contacts in personal contexts
  • silent enterprise access
  • single use app functionality (corporate-owned devices)
  • runtime permission policies
  • cross profile app linking
• EMM API (https://developers.google.com/android/work/play/emm-api/)
  • Not necessarily applicable to "Android for Work" vs. "Google for Work
  • service accounts and which one to use (https://developers.google.com/android/work/overview#service_accounts)
  • Cannot use unless you follow the steps (https://developers.google.com/android/work/play/emm-api/getstarted)
  • https://www.google.com/a/signup/?enterprise_product=ANDROID_WORK
• Managed app configs (https://developer.android.com/work/managed-configurations.html)

Videos/links:

• https://www.google.com/events/io/io14videos/fc3ee228-89c5-e311-b297-00155d5066d7

Community Resources:

• https://connect.googleforwork.com/community/developers/android