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  3. Managing apps
  4. Adding apps to the app list
  5. Adding public apps to the app list
  6. Add an Android app to the app list if BlackBerry UEM is not configured for Android Enterprise devices

Add an
Android
 app to the app list if
BlackBerry UEM
 is not configured for
Android Enterprise
 devices

  1. In the management console, on the menu bar, click
    Apps
    .
  2. Click The Add an app icon.
  3. Click
    Google Play
    .
  4. Click
    Open Google Play
     and search for the app that you want to add. You can then copy and paste information from
    Google Play
     in the following steps and also download icons and screen shots.
  5. In the
    App name
     field, type the app name.
  6. In the
    App description
     field, type a description for the app.
  7. To filter apps in the app list by category and to organize the apps into categories in the work apps list on users' devices, you can select a category for the app. In the
    Category
     drop-down list, do one of the following:
    Task
    Steps
    Select a category for the app
    In the drop-down list, select a category.
    Create a category for the app
    1. Type a name for the category. The new category will appear in the drop-down list with the "new category" label beside it
    2. Press
      Enter
      .
    3. Press
      Enter
      .
  8. In the
    App rating and review
     drop-down list, perform one of the following actions. When multiple versions of the app exist, the setting specified applies to all versions of the app.
    • If you want users to rate and provide reviews of apps and see all reviews submitted by other users in your environment, select
      Public mode
      .
    • If you want users to rate and provide reviews of apps only, select
      Private mode
      . Users cannot see reviews provided by other users. You can see reviews in the
      BlackBerry UEM
       management console.
    • If you don't want users to rate or provide reviews of apps or see reviews provided by other users, select
      Disabled
      .
  9. In the
    Vendor
     field, type the name of the app vendor.
  10. In the
    App icon
     field, click
    Browse
    . Locate and select an icon for the app. The supported formats are .png, .jpg, .jpeg, or .gif. Do not use
    Google Chrome
     to download the icon because an incompatible .webp image is downloaded.
  11. In the
    App web address from Google Play
     field, type the web address of the app in
    Google Play
    .
  12. To add screen shots of the app, click
    Add
     and browse to the screen shots. The supported image types are .jpg, .jpeg, .png, or .gif.
  13. In the
    Send to
     drop-down list, perform one of the following actions:
    • If you want the app to be sent to all
      Android
       devices, select
      All Android devices
      .
    • If you want the app to be sent to only
      Android
       devices that use
      Samsung Knox Workspace
      , select
      Only KNOX Workspace devices
      .
  14. Click
    Add
    .