Configure A Device

EMDK For Android 7.0

NOTICE:
The instructions below pertain only to devices running Android KitKat. On devices running Lollipop (and higher), the EMDK runtime is built into the operating system, and is changed by downloading and applying an updated BSP compatible only with those devices. See the EMDK download page for more information.

Installing EMDK for Android Device Runtime using Deployment utility

Windows

  1. Connect the device to PC.
  2. Launch the Start menu program shortcut Device Runtime Deployment. This will open the command prompt window.
  3. Click any key to continue.
  4. This process will deploy the device runtime and reboot automatically to finish the OS update.

Mac OS

Note: Please substitute the current version of the EmdkOSUpdateApp APK when EmdkOSUpdateApp_vX.X.X.apk is referenced.

  1. Open finder and copy EmdkOSUpdateApp_vX.X.X.apk into the ADB directory.

    /Users/<user>/Library/Android/sdk/platform-tools/

  2. Open terminal and navigate to the ADB directory.

    cd /Users/<user>/Library/Android/sdk/platform-tools/

  3. Connect a Symbol Android device and enter the following commands to restart the ADB and verify the list of attached devices.

    ./adb kill-server

    ./adb devices

  4. Install EMDK OS Update App.

    ./adb install EmdkOSUpdateApp_vX.X.X.apk

  5. Run EMDK OS Update App.

    ./adb shell am start -n com.symbol.emdkosupdater/.MainActivity

The device will be reboot after the device update completes.

Installing the EMDK device runtime when the AppLock Manager is On:

  • Option 1: Turn Off the AppLock Manager before EMDK device runtime deployment and the AppLock Manager can be turned On after device reboot.
  • Option 2: The customer can add the EMDK OS update app name to the AppLock Manager Applications white list before the EMDK device runtime deployment.

Installing the EMDK device runtime on Google Mobile Service (GMS) devices:

Before installing EMDK device runtime on GMS devices, you must enable the enterprise-grade features like Mobility Extensions (MX). To download enterprise enabler for your device, go to https://portal.motorolasolutions.com/Support/US-EN and search for "Enterprise Enabler" along with the device name.

Modify Device Runtime Installation Behavior

The EMDK device runtime update application will skip the EMDK runtime install if a device has an EMDK runtime version higher than the install version. The EMDK device runtime installation behavior can be modified by pushing an EMDK install mode configuration (emdkosupdateconfig.xml) to the /enterprise/usr/ folder on a devices internal storage. This overrides the default settings of the application.

NOTE: This process is not required to use the default installation behavior.

Example emdkosupdateconfig.xml

    
    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <wap-provisioningdoc>
        <characteristic type="EmdkOSUpdateMode">
            <parm name="InstallMode" value="skip"/>
            <parm name="RemoveInstaller" value="true"/>
        </characteristic>
    </wap-provisioningdoc>

InstallMode Parm Value Options: This determines the install behavior when the existing version on the device is higher than the version being installed. The default install mode is skip.

  • auto - Displays alert box during installation and waits for the user input
  • overwrite - Overwrite and continue installation
  • skip - Skip and continue installation. This is the default
  • cancel - Exit the installation

RemoveInstaller Parm Value Options: Removes the EMDK OS Update application on successful update.

  • true - Removes the EMDK OS Update application on successful update (Default).
  • false - Don't remove the EMDK OS Update application on successful update.

Note: Supported in EMDKOS Update App v3.1.37 or higher.

EMDK Device Runtime Installation Steps

  1. Create emdkosupdateconfig.xml and push into /enterprise/usr/ to modify the default behavior.
  2. Push the EmdkOSUpdateApp_[version].apk to a supported Symbol device.
  3. Install EmdkOSUpdateApp application.
  4. Launch installed EmdkOSUpdateApp application.

NOTE: If the update succeeds, the EmdkOSUpdateApp will be un-installed (if the default settings have not overridden) and device will be rebooted. If the update fails, the EmdkOSUpdateApp application will not be un-installed. The update results will be available at /enterprise/usr/emdkosupdateresults.xml