Is marked as deprecated when invoked by a device admin and stops functioning.
With the release of Android 11.0, the USES_POLICY_RESET_PASSWORD When invoked by a device admin on apps targeting API level 29. Starting with the release of Android 10.0, the above-mentioned policies will With the release of Android 9.0, the following policies are marked asĭeprecated when invoked by a device admin, but the APIs otherwise continue to Management features, we deprecated device admin for enterprise use in theĪndroid 9.0 release and we’ll remove these functions in the Android 10.0 Support this transition and focus our resources toward Android’s current Managed device and work profile modes to manage their devices from now on.
Today’s enterprise requirements, we recommend customers and partners adopt Because device admin isn’t well suited to support Managed device (device owner) and work profile (profile owner) modes were (removed in Android 7.0 Nougat for security reasons).ĭevice admin has been considered a legacy management approach since Android’s Establishment of admin defined passcodes to lock the user out of a device.
Prevent removal of the device administrator (removed in Nougat for security.Secure reset of device passwords on encrypted devices.Setting factory reset protection (FRP) to ensure devices remain managed and.Because a device admin can be enabled byĪny application that the user authorizes, it doesn’t support several enterprise Simultaneously, enterprises have demanded a higher trust relationship thanĭevice admin was designed to support. Establishment of per-app and per-profile VPNs to support remote enterprise.Certificate management to allow for access to PKI secured resources.Locking devices into a kiosk to tailor them for specific application uses.Google Play and managing the Google Accounts needed for this. Distribution of business applications and management of their data through.Separation of work data from personal data in mixed use or BYOD deployments.Variety of use cases than Android’s original device adminĭesigned for. Increasingly accessing more confidential resources and being used in a wider Since then, the needs of enterprises have evolved. Android originally introduced support for management of mobile devices inĪndroid 2.2.