Samsung KNOX compatible apps

Question

Does anyone know how to build a test app that plays well with Samsung Knox? What do I have to so differently to build an app for samsung devices that have Knox installed on them?

Answer 1

Might want to take a look through here https://www.samsungknox.com/en/blog/what-app-wrapping and here https://www.samsungknox.com/en/resources.

Looks like you have to develop the app and then send it in to Samsung to have them 'wrap' it.

Answer 2

From KNOX 2.0, App wrapping is not required.

This is from the Samsung KNOX 2.0 whitepaper:

The KNOX 2.0 platform features major enhancements to the Application Container from the original KNOX platform. The most significant enhancement is the elimination of application wrapping. This is achieved by leveraging technology introduced by Google in Android 4.2 to support multiple users on tablet devices. This enables enterprises to easily deploy custom applications without requiring Samsung to wrap the applications. It also reduces the barrier to entry for independent software developers wishing to develop applications for the KNOX container.

Complete White paper can be found here: http://www.samsung.com/ca/business-images/resource/white-paper/2014/03/Samsung_KNOX_tech_whitepaper_Final_140220-0.pdf

Multiple user: (Complete Ref: http://developer.android.com/about/versions/android-4.2.html#MultipleUsers) Android now allows multiple user spaces on shareable devices such as tablets. Each user on a device has his or her own set of accounts, apps, system settings, files, and any other user-associated data.

As an app developer, there’s nothing different you need to do in order for your app to work properly with multiple users on a single device. Regardless of how many users may exist on a device, the data your app saves for a given user is kept separate from the data your app saves for other users. The system keeps track of which user data belongs to the user process in which your app is running and provides your app access to only that user’s data and does not allow access to other users’ data.