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Deploying app config with Airwatch

gman2020 — Tue, 26 May 2020 14:40:03 GMT

Hi,

I'm looking for some guidance in regards to an application I'm trying to deploy to Android using Airwatch. I've been in touch with the suppliers for this app and they have advised me that I need to push some settings to the app using Airtwatch, I'm trying to force this app to use HTTP (port 80). Does anyone know how I could achieve this, is there a way to push this setting to the app?

If anyone has any guides or useful info on this it would be much appreciated.

Re: Deploying app config with Airwatch

LukeDC — Wed, 27 May 2020 01:45:15 GMT

Hey there. Android App Configs can be very useful provided you meet the requirements:

Devices need to be enrolled using Android Enterprise, legacy enrollments using the Device Admin model will not work.
The app needs to support App Config standards
- You can figure this out by adding an app via the "iFrame" in the WS1 console. The app will indicate it is configurable as shown below:

Once you add the app via the iFrame, you can configure it during the assignment phase. During the assignment setup you will find a section for "Application Configuration" and by enabling this option you will find a bunch of options filled in automatically by the app. Contact your vendor to get the appropriate values for each config option.

Hope that helps.

The main takeaway here is that you HAVE to use Android Enterprise. Without it, none of this works.

Re: Deploying app config with Airwatch

AlexAskin — Sun, 07 Jun 2020 15:40:46 GMT

On the Assignment Page of your Android App there is an "Application Configuration" Section (depending on you Console Version it might look different, my screen is taken from 20.05).

Here you can send Configurations (Key, Type, Value) for your Apps - consult the vendor how your specific settings are supported via MDM

Here is an example how Zoom is configurable through Application Configuration: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/360031913292-Using-MDM-to-Configure-Zoom-on-Android

Alex

Re: Deploying app config with Airwatch

gman2020 — Tue, 09 Jun 2020 11:41:42 GMT

Thank you both, your replies were very helpful and I was able to push out config to the app. Appreciate the help!

Re: Deploying app config with Airwatch

TopherM — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 17:40:55 GMT

What would the process be to do this for an Apple App? Also is there a published list out there of apps that are able to be configured this way for apple apps?

I have been tasked with setting up Apple TV's for our company with

YouTube TV
Spotify
iHeart Radio

I am hoping to be able to configure the YouTube TV app without having to touch the Apple TV device it self.