Enable Multi-User Mode for Your Android Application
- How the Android SDK supports multi-user mode
- How to enable multi-user mode for an online app
- How to enable multi-user mode for an offline app
- How to use several multi-user mode related APIs
Haoyue FengNovember 18, 2022
Maskym HornostaiPrerequisites
- You have Set Up a BTP Account for Tutorials. Follow the instructions to get an account, and then to set up entitlements and service instances for the following BTP services.
- SAP Mobile Services
- You completed Try Out the SAP BTP SDK Wizard for Android.
- You completed Offline-Enable Your Android Application.
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The Flows component of the SAP BTP SDK for Android provides the following functions to enable multi-user mode for your application:
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Handle the onboarding process for multiple users.
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Handle user information and user data management.
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To enable multi-user for an application developed using Flows component, you only need follow the instructions at Try Out the SAP BTP SDK Wizard for Android to create a new application using the SAP BTP SDK Wizard for Android and check Enable Multiple Users for the Multiple Users on the Project Features tab. Or you can follow Step 2 and 3 to enable multi-user mode for online and offline, respectively.
The following cases are not supported in multi-user mode:
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Biometric authentication is not supported. The biometric screen will not be shown in the onboarding or unlock processes.
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NoAuthauthentication type is not supported. Even if multi-user mode is turned on, an application using theNoAuthauthentication type will revert to single user mode. -
No passcode policyis not supported. A default passcode policy will be used if the server has disabled it.