Hide an app in the private Google play store

[mma_OCWS]

Hello,

I have a client who would like to deploy applications while hiding them directly from the Google Play Store.

The customer is on the EMM solution "Ivanti Neurons for MDM (formerly MobileIron Cloud)

Ivanti has made an option available to hide applications but this only allows applications to be hidden on Ivanti's own application store (and not on the Google Play Store).

Do you know if there is an option outside of the EMM console (e.g. via play.google.com/work) to deploy an app to a user but while hiding it on the client's private Google Play Store ?

[mattdermody]

I am not sure about the capabilities of Neurons but some custom DPC based EMMs like SOTI MobiControl, 42Gears, and, WS1 allow you to install APKs directly on the devices without involving Google Play at all. That would certainly solve this particular problem.