Hi Dilan, Currently we don't maintain accounts in Android. We use our own IDP proxy app to manage authentication + authorization. I believe for now we can stick to that and AccountManager API is definitely a good choice for us to improve our agents in a future release.
Thanks On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 4:56 PM, Chathura Dilan <[email protected]> wrote: > +1 for Catalog app. It was much needed app for AppM/EMM for long time. > Currently we do not collect app meta data from uploaded apps. We need to > have that functionalities in AppM too. > > For SSO in Android, can we look in to Android Account Manager[1]. I wonder > whether we have this functionality to connect to our IS. > > [1] - > http://developer.android.com/reference/android/accounts/AccountManager.html > > On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 9:57 AM, Kasun Dananjaya Delgolla <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> I have started implementing the $subject. Initially I'm working on simple >> UIs to the following features, >> >> - Login screen (this can be bypassed if the user is using EMM) >> - App listing (catalog UI) >> - App detailed view >> >> As I have discussed with Dinusha, this app will be implemented in a way >> that a user can use it standalone with just having AppM and also >> integrating with WSO2 EMM (Using android agent as SSO). APPM team will be >> providing APIs for the following, >> >> - Retrieving app metadata list for a particular user + device type >> - Retrieving app update information (updated apps with the latest >> version would do) >> - Installation + Uninstallation + Update APIs >> >> Adding @Sumedha. >> >> Thanks >> >> On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 6:12 PM, Dinusha Senanayaka <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi Kasun, >>> >>> On 11 Mar 2016 12:44, "Kasun Dananjaya Delgolla" <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > >>> > Hi All, >>> > >>> > $subject is required for mobile devices because we need to give end >>> user the possibility of exploring the apps in the respective enterprise >>> store and get permitted apps installed on his/her device. To achieve this, >>> we thought of developing a catalog app (ex: play store app on Android). We >>> initiate this from Android platform. Given below is the basic diagram to >>> explain how it works. >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > Flow : >>> > >>> > 1. App catalog app will let the user login either by enabling SSO with >>> the agent app or enabling a separate login. >>> > 2. App catalog application will communicate with the android agent app >>> (or it can communicate directly with an APPM API to get the permitted app >>> list to the device with the required meta data. >>> > 3. Once a user click on an app and selects to install/update, catalog >>> app sends a request to the agent app (via a secured AIDL interface or an >>> Intent Service). >>> > 4. Agent app then, performs the requested task by using its already >>> existing application manager API. >>> > >>> > For this, we require an API to list all the apps permitted to install >>> to a particular user from APPM. Please do let me know the feedback on this. >>> > >>> > @Dinusha - Do let me know the possibility of providing the above >>> mentioned API. >>> >>> +1 for having catalog app. Yes, we could provide this API. Currenly we >>> have secured AppM APIs with basic auth or the auth cookie. If the catalog >>> app is authenticated user with SSO, it won't be a problem on calling to >>> this API with the cookie. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Dinusha. >>> >>> > >>> > Thanks >>> > -- >>> > Kasun Dananjaya Delgolla >>> > >>> > Software Engineer >>> > WSO2 Inc.; http://wso2.com >>> > lean.enterprise.middleware >>> > >>> > Tel: +94 11 214 5345 >>> > Fax: +94 11 2145300 >>> > Mob: + 94 771 771 015 >>> > Blog: http://kddcodingparadise.blogspot.com >>> > Linkedin: http://lk.linkedin.com/in/kasundananjaya >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Kasun Dananjaya Delgolla >> >> Software Engineer >> WSO2 Inc.; http://wso2.com >> lean.enterprise.middleware >> Tel: +94 11 214 5345 >> Fax: +94 11 2145300 >> Mob: + 94 771 771 015 >> Blog: http://kddcodingparadise.blogspot.com >> Linkedin: *http://lk.linkedin.com/in/kasundananjaya >> <http://lk.linkedin.com/in/kasundananjaya>* >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Architecture mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mail.wso2.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/architecture >> >> > > > -- > Regards, > > Chatura Dilan Perera > *Senior Software Engineer** - WSO2 Inc.* > www.dilan.me > > _______________________________________________ > Architecture mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.wso2.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/architecture > > -- Kasun Dananjaya Delgolla Software Engineer WSO2 Inc.; http://wso2.com lean.enterprise.middleware Tel: +94 11 214 5345 Fax: +94 11 2145300 Mob: + 94 771 771 015 Blog: http://kddcodingparadise.blogspot.com Linkedin: *http://lk.linkedin.com/in/kasundananjaya <http://lk.linkedin.com/in/kasundananjaya>*
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