Android client provisioning

The most common way for end users to get the DME client for Android is through Google Play Store.

To get the DME app from Google Play,

1. Launch the Play Store app on your device, and use the search function to find DME. The DME icon looks like this:

   

2. Tap Install, and accept the permissions required by the DME app.

   Accepting the permissions is necessary for DME to work correctly.

This is also described in the DME App User Guide for Android.

It is also possible to push an instruction to install the DME client directly to one or many Android devices. To do this, you have to

1. Upload the DME client for Android to the DME server. See Uploading the Android client.
2. Use DME to send instructions to install the client to new or existing devices.
3. Use DME to monitor the installation process.

This is described in the following sections.

SSL certificates

Android devices can only connect to DME if the DME server uses an SSL certificate from a vendor whose root certificate is pre-installed on the Android device. It is not possible to install root certificates on Android devices (self-signed or otherwise).

To test this, you can try opening the browser on the device on which you want to install DME. Then access a website using an SSL certificate from the certificate vendor you intend to use on the DME server. If the browser accepts the certificate, then the Android device will also be able to establish a secure connection to DME using that certificate. If the browser issues any kind of security warning, the device will not be able to connect to DME.

To assist you in trying out different certificates from the browser on your Android device, we have assembled a small collection of URLs for secure sites, using different certificates:

https://www.thawte.com/
https://www.verisign.com/
https://www.buypass.no/
https://www.digicert.com/
https://secure.entrust.com/
https://www.geotrust.com/
https://www.globalsign.com/
https://www.verizon.net/
https://www.wellsfargo.com/
https://www.godaddy.com/

This list is not complete. Note that different makes of Android devices support different certificates.

If DME is already installed, you can tap the button Test connection in the General > Server path setup screen in the client app to test if the certificate used for DME is supported by your device model.