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Google Play services for AR (ARCore) is not available as a Managed Play Store app
Hi - we have an AR app that our customer wants to distribute to their workers as a Managed Play Store app for a device setup in kiosk mode. They are using Microsoft Intune as their MDM. The devic...
I can just verify from our Side that this is also the case for Soti as MDM so I guess it's not MDM related.
But i see following in the app description:
"Google Play Services for AR is automatically installed and updated on eligible devices so that apps on the Google Play Store with AR functionality work without having to download and install anything further."
Which for me somehow means that it shouldn't be needed to be installed manually on a compatible device (this may be wrong) and because of that not able to be chosen to be installed manually on any managed device either.
but maybe Lizzie can bring something up regarding this.
Hi Moombas -- we thought the same, but it seems the device and OS does not have it pre-installed nor auto-installs. The device is also on Google ARCore's supported device list.
The customer noted ability to find "Google Play Services for AR" and install it if the device is unmanaged. They also attempted to download and host the component on their own (instead of via Play Store).
Thanks,
Dan
It looks as if the AR Core is generally excluded from the search results. Presumably because the installation is performed automatically in the background on compatible devices.
Is the customer really sure that the app is not installed in the background? The AR Core is more of a headless app and does not have an app icon in the launcher.
In my case, the AR Core is installed in all areas of BYOD devices / COPE devices. (Personal Space, Private Space, Work Profile) I don't have a fully managed device to hand at the moment.
