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Android 6 Essentials

You're reading from   Android 6 Essentials Design, build, and create your own applications using the full range of features available in Android 6

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2015
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785884412
Length 122 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Behavioral changes


Android Marshmallow has introduced a few behavioral changes related to Android for Work.

The work profile contacts display option

Using the following setting, you can now display your work profile contacts in the dialer call log:

DevicePolicyManager.setCrossProfileCallerIdDisabled(ComponentName admin, boolean disabled)

You can also display the work contacts over Bluetooth with the new option. Setting this to false will allow the display; the default value is true (disabling the contact-sharing option):

DevicePolicyManager.setBluetoothContactSharingDisabled(ComponentNa me admin, boolean disabled)

Wi-Fi configuration options

When adding a Wi-Fi network via a work profile, usually, added configurations stay persistent even after the profile is deleted. Now, all configurations added by a profile owner are removed if the work profile is deleted.

The Wi-Fi configuration lock

A new Settings.Global setting has been added:

WIFI_DEVICE_OWNER_CONFIGS_LOCKDOWN

This setting is an integer value...

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