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Here is a policy to lock a device on Chrome and restrict Chrome, what is the best way to make this work on an enrolled device?

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Daniel P
Abetech - Managed Services

Good Morning, I was wondering what the best way to get the following policy to work with SOTI and our devices. The policy's goal is to restrict Chrome and whitelist one of our companies approved sites. Below is a current example: 

{"applications": [{"packageName": "com.android.chrome","installType": "FORCE_INSTALLED","managed_configuration": {"URLBlacklist": ["*"],"URLWhitelist": ["test.webapps.jacam.com"]},"lockTaskAllowed": true,"defaultPermissionPolicy": "GRANT"}],"persistentPreferredActivities": [{"receiverActivity": "com.android.chrome","actions": ["android.intent.action.MAIN"],"categories": ["android.intent.category.HOME","android.intent.category.DEFAULT"]}],"statusBarDisabled": true}
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3 years ago
Android Scripting
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ICMOD@SOTI
3 years ago

Hello Daniel,

Thanks for your post!

To restrict the device to only use Chrome, you can add a lockdown profile configuration. Adding "Launch://com.android.chrome" to the home screen items will restrict the device to only use chrome in user mode.

To whitelist applications in Chrome the "Web Filter" profile configuration is probably your best bet. You would set a rule type "Block" and for the URL use "*", then you add additional items such as an "Allow" for "https://example.com/".

Reference: https://www.soti.net/mc/help/v15.2/en/console/reference/dialogs/profiles/androidplus/profile_webfilter_androidplus.html

If this resolves your query, please mark this post as the solution. Also, feel free to reach out if you need clarification or have any questions.

Regards,

Technical Support | SOTI Inc. |1.905.624.9828 | support@soti.net | www.soti.net |

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Matt Dermody Diamond Contributor
3 years ago

Google Chrome supports Managed Configurations so you should be able to configure its behavior by deploying it with an App Policy via Managed Play. If you have MobiControl 15.5 you can also upload the Chrome APK as an enterprise app into the App Policy and administer the Managed Configuration settings directly from within MobiControl.

https://central.soti.net/news/articles/item?Id=31933

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MiKe
3 years ago

Did someone manged to do this? I'm trying to upload chrome apk from apkmirror to App Policy as Enterprise but I'm getting "Upload request failed" - "You have selected a file with incorrect format. Please select another .apk file." 

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Simon Robinson
3 years ago

Mike - I am having exactly the same issue, downloaded from several sites but get the same error

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James
2 years ago

Have you found a solution?  I have this issue as well.

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Lukas
2 years ago

Having the issue as well, @Soti would be nice to update that thread.

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