AppConnect for Android overview

MobileIron AppConnect for Android provides a secure and managed container for enterprise applications and data on Android devices. These secure enterprise apps are called AppConnect apps or secure apps. You create an AppConnect app for Android using the MobileIron AppConnect wrapping technology. This wrapping technology transforms an Android app into a secure app with minimal app development.

The Android devices running AppConnect apps are registered to a MobileIron server: either MobileIron Core, MobileIron Connected Cloud, or MobileIron Cloud. An enterprise uses the MobileIron server to distribute the apps. The apps are called “in-house” apps, regardless of who developed the apps, because the apps are distributed by the enterprise. The app developer is either an in-house developer at the enterprise, or a third-party app developer.

To wrap an app, you either:

Submit it to the MobileIron AppConnect Wrapping Portal. MobileIron signs the wrapped apps with the MobileIron private key. MobileIron also signs the Secure Apps Manager and all secure apps provided by MobileIron with the MobileIron private key.
The AppConnect Wrapping Portal is the simplest and most common way to wrap apps. It can be used for apps that are distributed by MobileIron Core, MobileIron Connected Cloud, or MobileIron Cloud.
Use the MobileIron AppConnect for Android Wrapping Tool, a desktop app, to wrap and sign your apps.
Use the wrapping tool only if you require that your apps are signed with your own enterprise private key. Signing apps with your enterprise private key instead of the MobileIron private key is a security decision that your enterprise makes. The wrapping tool can be used only for apps that are distributed by MobileIron Core or MobileIron Connected Cloud. Apps wrapped with the wrapping tool cannot be distributed by MobileIron Cloud.

IMPORTANT:

You cannot distribute AppConnect apps on Google Play.
You cannot wrap an app (.apk file) that you get from Google Play.
Some apps cannot be wrapped, depending on the APIs or features they use. See Capabilities and limitations of apps you can wrap.

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