Setting Up Managed Google Play

You can use a managed Google Play store to restrict users to only install approved applications, or install them in addition to freely installable apps. You can create a completely customised Google Play store. This requires either a Work Profile or Work Managed Device setup.

You need to do the following configuration:

1. Create an enterprise for Managed Google Play, as described in Enterprises (this must be done before provisioning devices)
2. Approve products, as described in Products (you can do this later as well)
3. Define custom store layout (optional), as described in Store Layouts
4. Enable and configure Managed Google Play policy in Android device templates, as described below
5. Create and provision devices using the templates

Below, we describe the following:

Set Up Device Templates

Managed Google Play must be enabled in device settings or template in Other→Managed Google Play policy.

The settings are as follows:

Policy enabled

Enables the Google Play settings. If you make settings, do not forget to enable the policy.

Enterprise

Select an enterprise that you should have previously configured in the managed Google Play store. See Enterprises for details on configuring a Google Play enterprise.

Product set access

Configure access policy for products.

All approved

Google Play will only show and allow installing approved applications.

Include all

Google Play will show and allow installing any applications normally available in the store, as well as the approved applications.

Whitelist

Google Play will only show and allow installing apps selected in the Configure whitelist window. The apps that you can select must have been approved in the Google Play→Products view, as described in Products.

Select automatically installed products

Normally, a custom Google Play store only allows installing approved apps. With this button, you can select which apps will be automatically installed.

Managed app configurations

Clicking this button allows managing app configurations in apps that support them. Whether an app supports managed configuration is indicated in Managed Google Play store page with text: "This app offers managed configuration."