Determine what application provisioning method is available for your device type. If you are provisioning applications to heterogeneous devices, Sybase, suggests that you use Afaria.
| Method | Android | BlackBerry | iOS | WindowsMobile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provision applications and resources with Afaria. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Provision applications and resources with native application store. See store documentation for details. | Android Play Store | App World | App Store | |
| Provision applications and resources with BES. | Yes | |||
| Provision applications and resources via website download. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Seeding applications for mutually-authenticated connections. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Pre-configure the application with a configuration
file
. Recommended only for provisioning that is not Afaria-based or for provisioning in preproduction environments. |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Set up push notifications using APNS. | Yes | |||
| Set up push notifications using GCM. | Yes | |||
| Setting up BES Environments for Unwired Platform application connections. | Yes |