Publishing Mobile Applications

Using HPCA, you can publish Android application package (APK) files for the mobile devices on Android platform.

Complete the following steps to publish the .apk files to the CSDB:

  1. Open the HP Client Automation Administrator Publisher.
    1. From the computer where you have Administrator Tools installed, click Start>All Programs>HP Client Automation Administrator>HP Client Automation Administrator Publisher.
    2. Enter the user ID and password, and click OK. The default user ID is admin. The default password is secret.

      The HP Client Automation Admin Publisher window opens.

  2. Select Mobile Application from the Publishing Options drop-down list, and click OK. The Edit page opens.
  3. Under Select Mobile application to publish, select the folder that contains the .apk file required to create the package for Android devices. The Summary area shows the details of the file that you have selected.
  4. Click Next. The Configure page opens.
  5. Under the Package Information area, type the following details:
    Package Information details
    Field Description
    Name The name of the package. An instance with the value you provide in this field is created in the PACKAGE class of the MOBILESOFTWARE domain. This is a mandatory field.
    Display Name The friendly name of the package. This is a mandatory field.
    Domain The domain in which this instance is stored. The MOBILSOFTWARE domain is selected by default for mobile applications.
    Description Description of the package.
    Release The version number of the application that you are packaging.
    Class The class for which this package instance will be created.
  6. Under the Limit package to systems with area, select the operating system and hardware settings for the device on which you want to deploy the application. Using Hardware settings, you can limit distribution based on minimum RAM or processor speed.
  7. Click Next. The Service Information window opens. You can create a new service or use an existing service to deploy the package. Select No service if you do not want to associate this package with a service.
  8. Click Create new and type the values for the Name, Display Name, Web URL, and Author field

    Note: In the current release, you can publish only mandatory applications using HPCA. Additionally, you cannot select the events for which the details are sent to the upstream server. By default, all APPEVENTS for the mobile device agent are sent to the upstream server.

  9. Click Next. The Publish window opens.
  10. Review the Summary section to verify the service information you provided in the previous steps. When you are finished, click Publish.
  11. Click Finish when the publishing process is completed to exit the Publisher.
  12. Click Yes to confirm that you want to close the Publisher window.


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