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Dean_Gross
Dec 18, 2018Silver Contributor
Android Apps not showing up on Tablet
We added apps from the Andoid Play store, assigned them to All Employee and All devices, then added the Company portal to a Samsung tablet. The apps are not showing up on the device and there are no ...
Dec 18, 2018
Ok. Did you see the point on the Android and Android for Work apps. Have you tried this on both for the device. Sometimes it is not always clear which one is applicable to the Android device.
Best, Chris
Best, Chris
Dean_Gross
Dec 18, 2018Silver Contributor
The device has Samsung Knox, we followed the instructions at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/intune/apps-add-android-for-work
- Dec 18, 2018Ok great, have you tried setting the Android for Work apps as required apps in Intune per the following article
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/intune/apps-deploy
Best, Chris- Dean_GrossDec 18, 2018Silver Contributor
yes, we did that also.
We just got a notification to install an app on the tablet, and after doing that it shows up on the home screen but not in the Company Portal app, which is what we were expecting
In Intune we have one app as "Android Store App" and one as "Managed Google Play app", can you explain the difference in English? i'm totally confused by the lingo
- Dec 18, 2018Hi Dean,
Thanks for that
Had a look into it further: here is an organisation with exactly the same issue whose solution was to select Allow Android for Work in the Work profile then re-enroll the device.
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/3cff6d89-2f23-4376-a838-4496530ffe57/company-portal-not-showing-available-apps
These are the two guides I usually use to enroll Android. If the above doesn’t work I would try again using these guides.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/intune/android-work-profile-enroll
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/intune-user-help/using-your-android-device-with-
In plain English to the question above, Android store app usually refers to just Android not Android for Work/Enterprise. Managed Google Play app should be the one you need that’s linked to your Google Play account.
Let me know how you get on.
Best, Chris