Provisioning an Application Using a File

In environments where Afaria is not used for mobile device management, you can use a file to provision the device application on BlackBerry, Android devices, or Windows Mobile or Win32 devices. iOS clients cannot be manually provisioned in this manner, as the application sandbox is not accessible.

When the application first starts, the client searches for the provisioning file on a flash card or at a fixed platform specific location.

1. Provisioning the Unwired Server Public Key
   (Optional) Retrieve the public key of the Unwired Server to populate its value in the provisioning file.
2. Creating a Provisioning File
   Provision applications with a simple text configuration file that can be parsed by the client and from which data is then imported.
3. Deploying the Provisioning File
   Make the provisioning file available to the device so that it can be automatically deployed when the application starts.
4. Next Steps
   After you have provisioned the application, perform automatic or manual registration of application connections to associate users to the application.