The AppConnect for Android wrapping tool

The MobileIron AppConnect for Android Wrapping tool, also known as the wrapping tool, is a macOS and Windows app that MobileIron provides. Use the wrapping tool instead of the AppConnect Wrapping Portal only if both of the following are true:

• You require that your wrapped apps are signed with your own enterprise private key.

• You are distributing the wrapped apps with MobileIron Core or MobileIron Connected Cloud. You cannot distribute wrapped apps signed with your own enterprise private key with MobileIron Cloud.

If you are not using an enterprise private key, use The AppConnect wrapping portal. The AppConnect Wrapping Portal signs wrapped apps with the MobileIron private key.

Signing apps with your enterprise private key instead of the MobileIron private key is a security decision that your enterprise makes.

Use the AppConnect for Android Wrapping Tool to:

• Wrap and sign an app.

  The wrapping tool outputs a wrapped and signed APK file, which is the APK to be uploaded to MobileIron Core or MobileIron Connected Cloud. It also outputs a wrapped but unsigned APK file, which is useful if only specific people in your organization have access to the enterprise private key.

• Only sign the app.

  The option to only sign the app is typically used in these cases:

  • For signing your wrapped apps when only specific people in your organization have access to the enterprise private key.

  • For re-signing apps provided by MobileIron with the enterprise private key.