App Store

The App Store is the place where all the apps installed on the enrolled devices are stored. You can manage apps and add new apps to the App Store. You can tag a label to the published apps and the apps that are to be uninstalled.

You can add the multiple versions of the application to the store. You can upload the multiple versions of the application when you add the application using Custom URL and Custom APK options.

When the app is added to the App Store, following information is collected from the newly added app.

App Status

In Seqrite Enterprise Mobility Management (mSuite) following app statuses are found:

• Recommended apps: These apps are suggested to install on user device.
• Apps to Uninstall: These apps are restricted to install on the user device.

App Type

Seqrite Enterprise Mobility Management (mSuite) categorizes the apps as follows:

• Downloaded: These apps are downloaded by the user. Only the downloaded apps can be deleted.
• System: These apps are inbuilt in the mobile.
• Suggested: These apps are suggested by the Admin.
• Restricted: These apps are restricted by the Admin.

Source Type

The Source Type shows the options from where the applications were downloaded and installed.

• Google Play
• Custom App URL
• Upload Custom APK

Category

All the apps on the Seqrite Enterprise Mobility Management (mSuite) console are categorized such as Unknown, Books and References, Business, Comics, Communication, Education, Entertainment, Finance, Health and Fitness, Libraries and Demo, Lifestyle, Live Wallpaper, Media and Video, Medical, Music and Video, Medical, Music and Audio, News and Magazines, Personalization, Photography, Productivity, Shopping, Social, Sports, Tools, Transportation, Travel and Local, Weather, and Game.

Advanced Search for Apps

The Advanced Search option allows you to perform an advanced search for different apps. To search apps, follow these steps:

1. Log on to the Seqrite EMM console and in the left pane, select Apps > App Store.
2. On the App Sore page, click Advanced Search.
3. Following search categories are displayed:
   • Select App Type: Select this option to search apps according to the app type.
   • Select OS: Select this option to search the apps according to the operating system.
   • Select Category: Select this option to search the apps according to the app category.
4. Select the required search options and click Search.

   The result gets displayed.

Taking an action for App Store

The Take Action list is beneficial to delete multiple selected apps. The following actions are available for App Repository.

• Tag as suggested: With this option you can recommend the user to install the selected apps on the user’s device. You can suggest single or multiple selected apps at the same time. After you mark the selected apps as suggested, the status of the selected app will be changed to Suggested.
• Tag as restricted: This option helps you to mark the selected apps as restricted to uninstall them on the user’s device. You can tag single or multiple selected apps to be uninstalled from the devices. After you mark the selected apps as restricted, the status of the selected app will be changed to Restricted.
• Clear Tag: Helps you to clear the current status of an app. You can clear the tags: Suggested and Restricted.
• Delete: Helps you to delete a single or multiple selected apps.

• Upgrade: With this option, you can upgrade the selected application.

To use the Take Action list for App Repository, follow these steps:

1. Log on to the Seqrite EMM console and in the left pane, select Apps > App Store.
2. Select an app.

   You can select multiple apps. The Take Action list appears.

3. Select the required option from the Take Action list and click Submit.

   The selected action is carried out on the selected apps.

Adding Apps Using App Store

The Add option helps you to add a new app to the store. This helps you whenever you want to recommend the app in case the app is not present in the app store. Seqrite Enterprise Mobility Management (mSuite) provides the following options to add apps to the repository: From Google Play Store, iTunes Store, Custom App URL, and Upload Custom APK.

You can also upload the latest version of the app, which is already there in the repository.

Adding apps using Google Play Store

With this option, you can add a new app to App Repository from Google Play Store. This is applicable only to the Android device users.

To add a new app through Google Play Store, follow these steps:

1. Log on to the Seqrite EMM console and in the left pane, select Apps > App Store.
2. On the App Store page, select Add Apps > Google Play Store.

   The Add app from Google play store dialog box appears.

3. Enter Google Play Store URL of the app in the given text box. You can refer to the example of the URL given in the dialog box.
4. Click Add.

   A new app is added to the app repository.

Adding apps using iTunes Store

With this option you can add a new app to App Repository from iTunes store. This is applicable only to the iOS device users.

To add a new app through iTunes store, follow these steps:

1. Log on to the Seqrite EMM console and in the left pane, select Apps > App Store.
2. On the App Store page, select Add Apps > iTune**s Store**.

   The Add app from iTunes store dialog box appears.

3. Enter iTunes Store URL of the app in the given text box. The URL format must be as per the given example in the dialog box.
4. Click Add.

Adding apps using Custom App URL

You can add a new app to the App Repository using the Custom App URL option. This option is applicable only to the Android device users. You can also add the other versions of the app via Custom App URL.

To add a new app using Custom App URL, follow these steps:

1. Log on to the Seqrite EMM console and in the left pane, select Apps > App Store.
2. On the App Store page, select Add Apps > Custom App URL.

   The Add Custom App URL dialog box appears.

3. Enter the App Name, Package Id, Version Name, Version Code, and APK URL in the respective text boxes.

4. Click Add or click Add and Publish to add the application to the repository and publish on the user device.

   A new app is added to the app repository.

Adding App using Upload Custom APK

The Upload Custom APK option helps you to add a new app to the App Repository. This option is applicable only to the Android device users. You can also upload the other versions of the app to the app repository via Upload Custom URL.

Every tenant is allocated with some data transaction usage limit in GB and upload of custom APK is part of data transaction usage limit. Thus, whenever the transaction usage limit exceeds then the customer has to buy/purchase additional data transaction usage limit.

If user exceeds the data transaction usage limit, the user cannot perform the following functions:

• Admin will not be able to apply app configuration containing custom APK from device and group list page.
• Admin will not be able to upload custom APK to the mSuite console.
• Admin will not be able to add any custom APK in the app configuration.
• Admin will not be able to switch app configuration from one app configuration to another if that configuration has the APK. For example: Admin cannot switch from app configuration A1 to A2, if app configuration A2 contains any custom APK.
• Admin will not be able to switch group if that group has custom APK app configuration. For example, Admin cannot move group from G1 to G2, if G2 has A2 app configuration with custom APK.
• Suggested custom APK will not appear for newly created app configuration.

To add a new app using Upload Custom APK, follow these steps:

1. Log on to the Seqrite EMM console and in the left pane, select Apps > App Store.
2. On the App Store page, select Add Apps > Upload Custom APK.

   The Upload Custom APK dialog box appears.

3. Select the .apk file that you want to add to the app repository.

4. Click Upload.

   The new app is uploaded to the App Repository.