Question

Device administration app can not be uninstalled if it is not
disabled. User can disable “Device Administrators” from the settings.
When company gives android devices to its employees, company wants to
have a control over devices, their statuses and policies, but user can
easily get rid of that control. Does anybody know how it is possible
to prevent user from disabling Device Administrators?
Thanks.

Answer 1

There’s no way to prevent the user from disabling Device Administrators, at least using the published APIs. The best you can do is disallow programs from running if certain policies aren’t in place.

Some manufacturers (e.g., Samsung) have extended the base APIs to allow additional capabilities, but these are not part of the standard Android platform.