Single App Mode - Profile - Do this have options to enable wifi connectivity to be allowed

MG
Manikandan Ganesan
Saudia Aerospace Engineering Industries

Single App Mode - Profile - Do this have option to enable wifi connectivity.

For iOS Devices.

3 years ago
SOTI MobiControl
ANSWERS
RC
Raymond Chan Diamond Contributor
3 years ago

As far as I know, there are separate policies to either totally disallow or selectively configure Wifi configurations (SSID, password, security, ..., etc.), but no policy to enforce the Wifi hardware to be ON, which means that device end-user can manually turn off the Wifi hardware at will if there is such user interface somewhere.     Such option is just not available in the MDM API specification defined by Apple, and is thus not supported in Apple device firmware  nor by any MDM solutions in the whole world.   

The only workaround is probably to have the Wifi turned on (manually before deploying the device to end-user), then  single-app mode enabled (remotely via MDM software like MobiControl) and the whole user-interface of the app and device are configured/designed in such a way that an end-user has no way to select turning-off the Wifi.

MG

Agreed. But problem here is like after we enable single app mode. there is very limited options where wifi should be enabled / disabled is not available.

Let me know if i do this will work. Like i have the single app mode payload and create another feature control configuration restricting all except wifi enabled.

Will it work like single app mode and wifi /gsm enable

RS
Rafael Schäfer
3 years ago

Shouldn't it be like:

1. Feature Control Profile which disables the possibility to turn Wifi off (there's such an option and also the possibility to whitelist apps for single app mode if needed)

2. Wifi Profile to set up a wifi connection and "auto join network"

Or didn't i get the point?

RC
Raymond Chan Diamond Contributor
3 years ago

Hi Manikandan,

Just an amendment to my previous post.  

There is a new restriction API added by Apple for iOS/iPAD 13.0+ devices to force WiFi on.  For many recent versions of MobiControl, just disable the  option "

If you cannot find such option in the web-console of your MobiControl, the policy can still be deployed via XML codes (boolean key "forceWiFiPowerOn" for this restriction)  defined in a MobiControl custom profile payload.