What I Want
I want to have a simple checkbox in my settings menu, which if checked will ENABLE Device Administration for my app and will prevent my
import android.app.admin.DeviceAdminReceiver;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.util.Log;
import android.widget.Toast;
/**
* This is the component that is responsible for actual device administration.
* It becomes the receiver when a policy is applied. It is important that we
* subclass DeviceAdminReceiver class here and to implement its only required
* method onEnabled().
*/
public class DemoDeviceAdmin extends DeviceAdminReceiver {
static final String TAG = "DemoDeviceAdmin";
/** Called when this application is approved to be a device administrator. */
@Override
public void onEnabled(Context context, Intent intent) {
super.onEnabled(context, intent);
Toast.makeText(context, R.string.device_admin_enabled,
Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
Log.d(TAG, "onEnabled");
}
/** Called when this application is no longer the device administrator. */
@Override
public void onDisabled(Context context, Intent intent) {
super.onDisabled(context, intent);
Toast.makeText(context, R.string.device_admin_disabled,
Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
Log.d(TAG, "onDisabled");
}
@Override
public void onPasswordChanged(Context context, Intent intent) {
super.onPasswordChanged(context, intent);
Log.d(TAG, "onPasswordChanged");
}
@Override
public void onPasswordFailed(Context context, Intent intent) {
super.onPasswordFailed(context, intent);
Log.d(TAG, "onPasswordFailed");
}
@Override
public void onPasswordSucceeded(Context context, Intent intent) {
super.onPasswordSucceeded(context, intent);
Log.d(TAG, "onPasswordSucceeded");
}
}
And the MainActivity goes like this
devicePolicyManager = (DevicePolicyManager) getSystemService(Context.DEVICE_POLICY_SERVICE);
demoDeviceAdmin = new ComponentName(this, DemoDeviceAdmin.class);
Log.e("DeviceAdminActive==", "" + demoDeviceAdmin);
Intent intent = new Intent(DevicePolicyManager.ACTION_ADD_DEVICE_ADMIN);// adds new device administrator
intent.putExtra(DevicePolicyManager.EXTRA_DEVICE_ADMIN, demoDeviceAdmin);//ComponentName of the administrator component.
intent.putExtra(DevicePolicyManager.EXTRA_ADD_EXPLANATION,
"Disable app");//dditional explanation
startActivityForResult(intent, ACTIVATION_REQUEST);
And Manifest goes like this :