Initialize app

This section shows you how to set up the MainActivity and utility classes.

Import utilities classes

For this tutorial to work seamlessly, you must include a utility class as shown in the image below.

To do this, create a class called Utils to handle functions like the logger and exceptions that are used in-app.

import android.content.Context;
import android.content.DialogInterface;
import android.support.v7.app.AlertDialog;
import android.util.Log;
import android.widget.TextView;

import com.samsung.android.knox.EnterpriseDeviceManager;

public class Utils {

    private TextView mTextView;
    private String mTag;

    public Utils(TextView view, String className) {
        mTextView = view;
        mTag = className;
    }

    /**
     * Check Knox API level on device, if it does not meet minimum requirement, end user cannot use
     * the applciation
     _/
    public void checkApiLevel(int apiLevel, final Context context) {
        if (EnterpriseDeviceManager.getAPILevel() < apiLevel) {
            AlertDialog.Builder builder;
            builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(context);
            String msg =
                    context
                           .getResources()
                           .getString(
                                    R.string.api_level_message, EnterpriseDeviceManager.getAPILevel(), apiLevel);
            builder
                   .setTitle(R.string.app_name)
                   .setMessage(msg)
                   .setCancelable(false)
                   .setPositiveButton(
                            "CLOSE",
                            new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                                public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
                                    System.exit(0);
                                }
                            })
                   .show();

        } else {
            return;
        }
    }

    /*_ Log results to a textView in application UI _/
    public void log(String text) {
        mTextView.append(text);
        mTextView.append("\n\n");
        mTextView.invalidate();
        Log.d(mTag, text);
    }

    /*_ Process the exception */
    public void processException(Exception ex, String TAG) {
        if (ex != null) {
            // present the exception message
            String msg = ex.getClass().getCanonicalName() + ": " + ex.getMessage();
            mTextView.append(msg);
            mTextView.append("\n\n");
            mTextView.invalidate();
            Log.e(TAG, msg);
        }
    }
}

Set up your MainActivity

Here, set up your MainActivity with some basic functions:

onCreate():

Links the XML layout to the activities.
Sets the enabled state of the buttons and declares and initializes on-click listeners to call the buttons created in Step 1.
Checks if the device supports Knox 3.0 (minimum SDK level 24). If not, then it disables the ENFORCE MULTI-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION button.
Checks if the device already has a Android profile installed.

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    public static final String TAG = "MainActivity";
    private static final int ACTIVITY_REQUEST_CODE = 1;
    private static final int MINIMUM_KNOX_API_LEVEL = 24;
    private Utils mUtils;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

        //...called when the activity is starting. This is where most initialization should go.
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        TextView logView = findViewById(R.id.logview_id);
        logView.setMovementMethod(new ScrollingMovementMethod());
        mUtils = new Utils(logView, TAG);

        // Check if device supports Knox API level 24 (Knox 3.0) at minimum
        // With Knox 3.0, Knox Platform for Enterprise (KPE) is harmonized with Android Enterprise (AE)
        mUtils.checkApiLevel(MINIMUM_KNOX_API_LEVEL, this);

        Button createAndroidProfileBtn = findViewById(R.id.createAndroidProfileBtn);
        createAndroidProfileBtn.setOnClickListener(v -> createAndroidProfile());

        Button activateLicenseBtn = findViewById(R.id.activateLicenseBtn);
        activateLicenseBtn.setOnClickListener(v -> activateLicense());

        Button deactivateLicenseBtn = findViewById(R.id.deactivateLicenseBtn);
        deactivateLicenseBtn.setOnClickListener(v -> deactivateLicense());

        Button toggleCameraBtn = findViewById(R.id.toggleCameraBtn);
        toggleCameraBtn.setOnClickListener(v -> toggleCameraState());

        Button enforceMfaBtn = findViewById(R.id.enforceMfaBtn);
        enforceMfaBtn.setOnClickListener(v -> enforceMfa());

        // Check if the application is a Profile Owner
        DevicePolicyManager devicePolicyManager =
                (DevicePolicyManager) getSystemService(Context.DEVICE_POLICY_SERVICE);
        boolean isProfileOwner = devicePolicyManager.isProfileOwnerApp(getPackageName());

        if (isProfileOwner) {
            createAndroidProfileBtn.setEnabled(false);
        } else {
            activateLicenseBtn.setEnabled(false);
            deactivateLicenseBtn.setEnabled(false);
            toggleCameraBtn.setEnabled(false);
            enforceMfaBtn.setEnabled(false);
        }
    }

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