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Android Intents

The DXU Android agent exposes several intents. These are useful for 3rd party applications, such as MDM clients to perform actions such as:

Apply DXU settings

Used to apply a DXU configuration from a .dxu file on the device.

note

You must specify either uri or path. If both given, uri is used. If neither given, nothing happens.

Broadcast Action

com.datalogic.dxu.action.APPLY_SETTINGS

Broadcast Receiver

com.datalogic.dxu.plugin.EnterpriseReceiver

Extras

ExtraTypeRequiredDefaultDescription
uristringnonullcontent URI provided by FileProvider
pathstringnonullpath to file located on device

Examples

/* Assumes a Uri has been made using a FileProvider */
Intent i = new Intent("com.datalogic.dxu.action.APPLY_SETTINGS")
.putExtra("uri", uri.toString())
.setClassName("com.datalogic.dxu", "com.datalogic.dxu.plugin.EnterpriseReceiver");

getApplicationContext().grantUriPermission(packageName, uri, Intent.FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION);

getApplicationContext().sendBroadcast(i);

Firmware Update

Firmware update process is initiated, passing as extras the path of the OTA package (.zip file) to be loaded and some optional parameters.

Broadcast Action

com.datalogic.dxu.action.FIRMWARE_UPDATE

Broadcast Receiver

com.datalogic.dxu.plugin.FirmwareReceiver

Extras

ExtraTypeRequiredDefaultDescription
pathstringyesnullpath to file located on device
forcestringnofalseIf true, update will be applied even if versions match
silentstringnofalseIf false, popup window to confirm update will appear
resetTypestringnononeSpecifies whether or not all the device's setting should be reset as part of the firmware update procedure. Valid values are:
none - no reset will be performed
enterprise - perform an enterprise reset
factory - perform factory reset

Examples

Intent i = new Intent("com.datalogic.dxu.action.FIRMWARE_UPDATE")
.putExtra("force", "false")
.putExtra("silent", "true")
.putExtra("resetType", "none")
.putExtra("path", "sdcard/OS.zip")
.setClassName("com.datalogic.dxu", "com.datalogic.dxu.plugin.FirmwareReceiver");

getApplicationContext().sendBroadcast(i);

Device Reset

Used to either reboot the device or perform a full enterprise or factory reset.

note

This intent requires that the broadcaster have the com.datalogic.dxu.PLUGIN permission.

Broadcast Action

com.datalogic.dxu.action.RESET

Broadcast Receiver

com.datalogic.dxu.plugin.ResetReceiver

Extras

ExtraTypeRequiredDefaultDescription
typestringnoRESETspecifies the type of reset to perform. Values map to BootType values:
RESET - reboot the device only
ENTERPRISE_RESET - perform a full enterprise reset of the device ⚠️
FACTORY_RESET - perform a full factory reset of the device ⚠️

Examples

// assumes we have <uses-permission android:name="com.datalogic.dxu.PLUGIN" /> defined in AndroidManifest.xml

Intent i = new Intent("com.datalogic.dxu.action.RESET")
.putExtra("type", "RESET")
.setClassName("com.datalogic.dxu", "com.datalogic.dxu.plugin.ResetReceiver");

getApplicationContext().sendBroadcast(i, "com.datalogic.dxu.PLUGIN");