Is EMM what I'm looking for?

Question

We have a Java based web application and an android app for our enterprise needs. We would like to remotely push the android app from the web application and we don't know how to achieve this. After searching in Google, I found Android EMM but did not understand what that is exactly as there were no other blogs or tutorials other than the Google site which was difficult for me to understand.

It is similar to MDM solution but do MDM servers have an app preinstalled in the devices so that the installed app manages the installation of other apps?

Can anybody tell how to remotely push the android app from my web application?

Answer 1

To remotely push an app to an Android device you need to manage this device, you cannot just push an app on anyone's device. To manage a device you need to set up this device as managed, which will require a factory reset.

If you want to pursue this approach you can try the Android Management API.

Answer 2

You can just upload .apk file to your server and provide a link to the user. This is a very simple solution but requires user to agree "install apk from third party sources". In this case, a user needs to agree with installing apk.

If you want to install apk without user agreement you need to activate Device Owner on Android (Fred mentioned in the comment this approach).