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Reputation: 300

AirWatch Browser URL scheme

My company is using AirWatch as an MDM and I need to develop an app on both Android and iOS that acts as a launcher and opens a specific URL inside the AirWatch Browser.

My problem is that I can't find any information on the URL schemes for the AirWatch Browser and I can't get access to any device or documentation on AirWatch yet (right now we're just checking the possibilities).

I saw on the AirWatch website that there is an SDK to integrate with the whole AirWatch MDM but that is not what I want to do. The app just needs to open AirWatch Browser on a choosen URL.

Upvotes: 4

Views: 11092

Answers (3)

james_fuller
james_fuller

Reputation: 454

The URL Scheme for the AirWatch Browser is:

awb://
awbs://

Just enter the URL as you would normally.

Example: http://www.air-watch.com
AirWatch Browser URL Scheme: awb://www.air-watch.com

Upvotes: 8

Soma
Soma

Reputation: 857

I post a second answer because I found a better way to achieve what you want but the first answer can help others to achieve similar goals.

In the AirWatch Console, go to Devices > Profiles > List View. Add a new profile for your platform, you need to create one for iOS and another for Android.

In the General payload, fill the name and select the Smart Group(s) you want to assign this profile.

In the Web Clips or Bookmarks payload, fill the label (i.e the name of the icon on the device) and the URL. You can add a picture for the icon on the device. There is a few other option if you want.

Save & Publish and the icon will appear on the devices targeted by the Smart Group(s).

Upvotes: 0

Soma
Soma

Reputation: 857

Accepted answer

In AirWatch Console, as an admin, you can configure Profilesfor your devices. Thanks to that, you can disable Safari for iOS devices for example. I'm not sure if it is possible for others OS as it is constructor specific. That way, the AirWatch Browser will be the only one accessible for the user and thus the default one. Now, the link could only be open in it.

Original answer

When you configure the AirWatch Browser, you have several available settings, one of them is Bookmarks

Extract from the AirWatch Online Help:

Select the Bookmarks tab. Provide the following information to define and push a list of bookemarks to the AirWatch Browser:

URLs for Predefined Bookmarks – Configure bookmarks to display as a URL address or with a friendly name.
Name – Provide text in this field to display as the friendly name. Leave this field blank to display the URL as the bookmark name.
URL – Provide the bookmark URL.
Add – Select to add additional bookmarks.

Upvotes: -1

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