Android apps
Android apps live on the same Apps & Books page, on the Android tab. You install them by writing the app onto a policy. You do not grant a license seat.
When to use thisYou need a phone to install a Play app, or to block an app, after the enterprise is linked.
- 1Managed PlayThis catalog means something once the enterprise is Linked.
- 2 · This tabChoose an appManaged Play app or Private app.
- 3PolicyThe app travels with the policy to the phone.
- 4On the phoneThe phone reports the list when reporting is on.
Open Apps & Books and choose the Android tab. The search box is Search title or package.
Put an app in the catalog
Click Add app.
- Managed Play app — search Google Play.
- Private app — publish a private app for the enterprise. Google keeps the install file. It is not stored on VN-MDM.
- Android policies in this menu opens the policies page.
Tell the phone to install
Select one app. There is no Assign VPP button. If the app is paid, click Purchase / approve in Managed Play first.
Click Install to devices. The dialog adds the app to a policy, then assigns that policy to the whole organization, a group, or selected phones.
The install mode is written on the policy. FORCE_INSTALLED means the phone installs it itself. AVAILABLE only lists the app in Managed Play, and the user taps install. BLOCKED blocks it.
One phone, one policy. Install to devices replaces the policy currently assigned on that target if the target is holding a different policy. See Policies.
Common questions
- Do the iOS tab and the Android tab share licenses?
- No. The Apps & Books token is only for iPhone and iPad. Android does not count seats such as 5/100.
- Install finished, but the device page does not show the app?
- The policy must have status reporting on. Wait for the phone to report back. Refreshing the list does not invent an app if Google has not sent it.