Preparing an app for delivery
To prepare required work apps for delivery to devices, you must perform the
following actions:
- Obtain the .bar files from the application developers who compiled the apps.
- Specify a shared network folder for the apps using the BlackBerry Administration Service.
- Add the apps to the BlackBerry Administration Service app repository.
- Create a software configuration.
- Add the apps to the software configuration.
- Assign the software configuration to user accounts or groups.
After you complete these tasks, the device downloads the apps for installation the next time that the device connects to the BlackBerry Device Service.
To make optional work apps available for users to install in the work spaces on their
devices, you must perform the following actions:
- Obtain the .bar files from the application developers who compiled the apps or locate the apps in the BlackBerry World storefront.
- Specify a shared network folder for the apps using the BlackBerry Administration Service. If you add an app from BlackBerry World, it is not added to the shared network folder for apps.
- Add the apps to the BlackBerry Administration Service app repository or specify the URL of the app from BlackBerry World.
- Create a software configuration.
- Add the apps to the software configuration.
- Assign the software configuration to user accounts or groups.
After you complete these tasks, the BlackBerry Device Service makes the apps available to the user for installation in the work space on the device. For BlackBerry 10 OS devices, the apps are available in BlackBerry World for Work. For BlackBerry PlayBook tablets, the apps are available in the Work tab of the BlackBerry World storefront.
Note: You can specify apps in the public BlackBerry World storefront as
optional work apps for BlackBerry 10 OS devices
only.