Silently Install a Sideloaded App Using OEMConfig

This article extends on the Push & manage sideloaded applications article. Please refer to this article:

To silently install a sideloaded app on a Zebra device, you can easily configure OEMConfig to push your APK and then to install it. To start, please ensure you have the Zebra OEMConfig application added to your WizyEMM profile. Then, you can access the OEMConfig configurations by clicking on the Configuration link next to the app in the Applications tab of your profile.

Step 1: Push APK to device

In the File Management section of OEMConfig, push the APK to your device.

Step 2: Install the APK on the device

In the Device Administration Configuration section:

1. In the Action menu item, choose the SubmitXmL action
2. In the Submit XML menu item, paste the following XML code block, by replacing /PATH/FILENAME.apk with the file path of your APK on your devices.

<wap-provisioningdoc>
<characteristic type="AppMgr" version="4.2">
<parm value="Upgrade" name="Action"/>
<parm value="/PATH/FILENAME.apk" name="APK"/>
</characteristic>
</wap-provisioningdoc>