Added in API level 8

android.app.admin

Provides device administration features at the system level, allowing you to create security-aware applications that are useful in enterprise settings, in which IT professionals require rich control over employee devices.

For more information, see the Device Administration guide.

Interfaces

DevicePolicyManager.OnClearApplicationUserDataListener Callback used in DevicePolicyManager.clearApplicationUserData(ComponentName, String, Executor, OnClearApplicationUserDataListener) to indicate that the clearing of an application's user data is done. 

Classes

ConnectEvent A class that represents a TCP connect event initiated through the standard network stack. 
DelegatedAdminReceiver Base class for delegated apps to handle callbacks related to their delegated capabilities. 
DeviceAdminInfo This class is used to specify meta information of a device administrator component. 
DeviceAdminReceiver Base class for implementing a device administration component. 
DeviceAdminService Base class for a service that device owner/profile owners can optionally have. 
DevicePolicyIdentifiers Class containing identifiers for policy APIs in DevicePolicyManager, for example they will be passed in PolicyUpdateReceiver.onPolicySetResult and PolicyUpdateReceiver.onPolicyChanged to communicate updates of a certain policy back to the admin. 
DevicePolicyManager Manages device policy and restrictions applied to the user of the device or apps running on the device. 
DevicePolicyManager.InstallSystemUpdateCallback Callback used in DevicePolicyManager.installSystemUpdate(ComponentName, Uri, Executor, InstallSystemUpdateCallback) to indicate that there was an error while trying to install an update. 
DevicePolicyResources Class containing the required identifiers to update device management resources. 
DevicePolicyResourcesManager Class containing required APIs to set, reset, and get device policy related resources. 
DnsEvent A class that represents a DNS lookup event initiated through the standard network stack. 
FactoryResetProtectionPolicy The factory reset protection policy determines which accounts can unlock a device that has gone through untrusted factory reset. 
FactoryResetProtectionPolicy.Builder Builder class for FactoryResetProtectionPolicy objects. 
FreezePeriod A class that represents one freeze period which repeats annually. 
ManagedSubscriptionsPolicy A policy class that describes how managed SIM subscriptions should behave on the device. 
NetworkEvent An abstract class that represents a network event. 
PackagePolicy A generic class that defines which APK packages are in scope for some device policy. 
PolicyUpdateReceiver Base class for implementing a policy update receiver. 
PolicyUpdateResult Class containing the reason for the policy (set from DevicePolicyManager) update (e.g. 
PreferentialNetworkServiceConfig Network configuration to be set for the user profile . 
PreferentialNetworkServiceConfig.Builder Builder used to create PreferentialNetworkServiceConfig objects. 
SecurityLog Definitions for working with security logs. 
SecurityLog.SecurityEvent A class representing a security event log entry. 
SystemUpdateInfo A class containing information about a pending system update. 
SystemUpdatePolicy Determines when over-the-air system updates are installed on a device. 
TargetUser Class representing the target user of a policy set by an admin (set from DevicePolicyManager), this is passed in to PolicyUpdateReceiver.onPolicySetResult and PolicyUpdateReceiver.onPolicyChanged. 
WifiSsidPolicy Used to indicate the Wi-Fi SSID restriction policy the network must satisfy in order to be eligible for a connection. 

Exceptions

SystemUpdatePolicy.ValidationFailedException An exception class that represents various validation errors thrown from SystemUpdatePolicy.setFreezePeriods and DevicePolicyManager.setSystemUpdatePolicy 
UnsafeStateException Exception thrown when a DevicePolicyManager operation failed because it was not safe to be executed at that moment.