Use content providers

Knox 3.7.1 introduced the use of Android content providers for managing devices and peripherals, using Android methods to configure Knox settings stored as key-value pairs. This is in contrast to past Knox releases, which used custom Knox methods to manage each atomic Knox setting.

Here is how you configure a device setting (turn on NFC) in Knox 3.7.1:

Uri uri = Uri.parse("content://com.samsung.android.knox.sdk/config/nfc");
ContentValues contentValues = new ContentValues();
contentValues.put("nfc", "true");
String selection = "key=?";
String[] selectionArgs = new String[] {"nfc"};
mContext.getContentResolver().update(uri, contentValues, selection, selectionArgs);

To compare, here is how you configure the same setting in earlier Knox releases:

EnterpriseDeviceManager edm = EnterpriseDeviceManager.getInstance(context);
NFcPolicy nfcPolicy = edm.getNfcPolicy();
boolean result = nfcPolicy.startNFC(true);

If you’re new to Android content providers, familiarize yourself with the following concepts, which are used in the tutorials and sample app:

Next, see the tutorials that walk through how to use content providers with the new Knox ISV APIs:

• Manage devices using ISV APIs
• Manage peripherals

Or, if you’re already comfortable with content providers, dive into the sample app.