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ash ace aka Mr AA
ash ace aka Mr AA

Reputation: 11

How to prevent installing new apps from playstore? However there should be option for updating apps

How to prevent new apps installation in android device from play store? I want to give limited apps on their phone however those apps can be updated from play store, but I want to prevent new apps installation.

It's my clients need, as he'll provide customized devices to their clients. (Rooted already.)

Upvotes: 1

Views: 9138

Answers (1)

abielita
abielita

Reputation: 13469

As @brahmy adigopula said, you cannot restrict someone to download or install apps on device. However, I found this similar thread which might help.

There are multiple approaches you could take:

  • a solution. That would pin the user to a certain app or group of apps defined as "kiosk"
  • apps, which are often a specific variant of kiosk
  • use an App-Locker

The latter most likely is the approach best fitting your current case: You can define which apps should be "locked down" and which not. Locking e.g. settings and the Playstore app, while are disabled, would prevent any new installations. With auto-updates enabled in the Playstore app, these would still be applied automatically.

Note that, to prevent installations via the Google Play web interface, the user must not have the credentials of any Google account linked to the device (no chance otherwise).

Hope this helps!

Upvotes: 2

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