Provisioning Applications with Configuration Files

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

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

1. Provisioning the SAP Mobile Server Public Key
   (Optional) Retrieve the public key of the SAP Mobile 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. Distributing and Loading the Application Provisioning File
   Make the provisioning file available to the device so that it can be automatically loaded when the application starts.