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The mobile client
We can install applications on your mobile device with the Application Center mobile client.
The Application Center mobile client is the application that runs on your Android, iOS, Windows Phone, or Windows device. Only Windows Phone 8 is supported by the current version of the Application Center. We use the mobile client to list the catalog of available applications in the Application Center. We can install these applications on your device. The mobile client is sometimes referred to as the Application Center installer. This application must be present on your device if we want to install on your device applications from your private application repository.
Prerequisites
Your system administrator must give you a user name and password before we can download and install the mobile client. The user name and password are required whenever you start the mobile client on your device. For Windows Store applications, the user name and password are required for the mobile client only at run time. For security reasons, do not disseminate these credentials. These credentials are the same credentials used to log in to the Application Center console.
- Install the client on an Android mobile device
We can install the mobile client, or any signed application marked with the installer flag, on your Android mobile device by entering the access URL in your browser, entering your credentials, and completing the required steps.- Install the client on an iOS mobile device
We can install the mobile client, or any signed application marked with the installer flag, on your iOS mobile device by entering the access URL in your browser, entering your credentials, and completing the required steps.- Install the client on Windows 8 Universal
We can install the mobile client, or any signed application marked with the installer flag, on Windows 8 Universal by entering the access URL in your browser, entering your credentials, and completing the required steps. The company account must be preinstalled on your mobile device.- The Login view
In the Login view, we can access the fields required to connect to the server to view the list of applications available for our device.- Views in the Application Center client
The client provides views that are adapted to the various tasks that we want to perform.- Install an application on an Android device
From the Details view, we can install an application on your Android device.- Install an application on an iOS device
From the Details view, we can install an application version on your iOS mobile device.- Install an application on a Windows Phone device
From the Details view, we can install a company application on your Windows phone device.- Install a Windows Store application on a Windows device
Use sideloading to install Windows Store apps through Application Center.- Install applications through public app stores
We can link from the mobile client to applications that are stored in supported public app stores and install these applications on your compatible device by following the normal procedure of the public app store.- Removing an installed application
We can remove an application that is installed on your mobile device.- Showing details of a specific application version
We can show the details of the selected application version on any supported device.- Update an application
We can update an application that is installed on your device if a new version is available in the Application Center.- Upgrading the Application Center client automatically
We can enable automatic detection of new versions of the client application. Then, we can choose whether to download and install the new version on your mobile device. This feature is supported for iOS, Android, and Windows Phone.- Reverting an installed application
We can revert the version of an installed application if an earlier version exists on the server.- Marking or unmarking a favorite app
Mark your favorite apps or unmark an app to have it removed from the favorites list.- Submitting a review for an installed application
We can review an application version that is installed on your mobile device; the review must include a rating and a comment.- Viewing reviews
We can view reviews of a specific version of an application or of all versions of an application.
Parent topic: Application Center