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The App Store section is used to add and distribute applications from different sources. The App Store section helps to manage those applications, including actions like tagging, upgrading, or removing them.

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Adding Apps to App Store

The Add Apps option in the top‑right corner of the App Store page lets you add new apps or upload updated versions of existing ones.

Seqrite Enterprise Mobility Management provides several ways to add apps to the app store:

Adding Apps Using Google Play Store

With this option you can add a new app to App inventory 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, click Apps > App Store > Add Apps > From Google Play Store. The Add app from Google play store dialog box is displayed.
  2. 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.
  3. Click Add. A new app is added to the app inventory.

Adding Apps Using iTunes Store

With this option you can add a new app to App inventory 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, click Apps > App Store > Add Apps> From iTunes Store. The Add app from iTunes store dialog box is displayed.
  2. 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.
  3. Click Add.

Adding Apps Using Custom App URL

You can add a new app to the App inventory 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, click Apps > App Store > Add Apps > Custom App URL. The Add Custom App URL dialog box is displayed.
  2. Enter the App Name, Package Id, Version Name, Version Code, and APK URL in the respective text boxes.
    Note:

    • Ensure to provide the correct version name and version code of the custom app.
    • Only HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and SFTP URLs are supported and the URL should direct to the APK file.
  3. Click Add or click Add and Publish to add the application to the inventory and publish on the user device. A new app is added to the app inventory.

Adding Apps Using Upload Custom APK

The Upload Custom APK option helps you to add your own Android apps securely with managed devices. It is a way for organizations to distribute internal apps outside the Play Store, control versions, and ensure employees get the right app for their work.

This option is applicable only to the Android device users. You can also upload the other versions of the app to the app inventory 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.

You can upload multiple versions of a custom app by adding each APK and then push the desired version to devices.To know more about adding multiple app versions, refer to Adding Multiple Versions of a Custom App .

If user exceeds the data transaction usage limit then the user cannot perform 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 Seqrite Enterprise Mobility Management 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, click Apps > App Store > Add Apps > Upload Custom APK. The Upload Custom APK dialog box is displayed.
  2. Select the .apk file that you want to add to the app inventory.
    Note: Maximum file size of APK can be up to 150 MB and only the files with APK extension are allowed.
  3. Click Upload. The new app is uploaded to the App inventory.

Note: If the data transaction usage limit has exceeded, then every transaction of downloading custom APK will be charged. Thus, the users should download the custom APK cautiously.

Adding Multiple Versions of a Custom App

You can add multiple versions of a custom and push the desired version to devices.
To add mutiple versions of custom app, follow these steps:

  1. Log on to the Seqrite EMM console and in the left pane, click Apps > App Store > Add Apps > Upload Custom APK. The Upload Custom APK dialog box is displayed.
  2. Select .apk file for each version one by one and click Upload.

To know more about pushing a custom app version, refer to Pushing a Custom App Version on Devices

Adding Enterprise Apps for iOS

You can add a new iOS app to the app store. This helps you whenever you want to recommend the app in case the app is not present in the app store.

To add a new enterprise app for iOS, follow these steps:

  1. Log on to Seqrite EMM console using your credentials.
  2. Navigate to Apps > App Store > Add Apps > Enterprise Apps for iOS.

    3. The Enterprise Apps for iOS dialog box is displayed.

  3. Enter App Name, Package Id, Version Name, Version Code, and custom IPA.
  4. Select the .ipa file that you want to add to the app store.
  5. Click Upload.

    6. Note: File with only .ipa extension is allowed to upload.

Taking Action on App List

The Take Action list appears on the App Store page when you select single or multiple apps. The available options in the Take Option list are:

  • Tag as Suggested
  • Tag as Restricted
  • Clear Tag
  • Delete
  • Upgrade
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