About Mobile App Metadata
AdminStudio 2022 | 23.0 | Application Manager
In enable you to successfully manage mobile apps in your enterprise—both local mobile apps and those from a public store—AdminStudio can extract and analyze metadata from those apps.
Some of this metadata is included in mobile app manifest files or within the application binaries and associated files. AdminStudio automatically extracts this information during mobile app import:
| • | Apple iOS mobile apps (local)—Many Apple iOS mobile apps have associated Info.plist (or property list) files which contain mobile app properties. AdminStudio captures the information in an iOS mobile app’s associated .plist file. |
| • | Google Android mobile apps (local)—Google Android apps include internal XML-based manifest files (AndroidManifest.xml) that contain additional mobile app metadata. AdminStudio captures this information during the import of an Android mobile app. |
| • | Binary scans—AdminStudio scans the actual mobile app binary files during import to gather additional information. |
| • | Public store web sites—For public store apps, AdminStudio captures all of the information that is displayed in the store about a mobile app. |
| • | Downloaded public store apps—For iOS and Android public store mobile apps, you can choose to download the binaries of these apps to store locally (such as in a local iTunes Library or Google Android file share). This enables AdminStudio to scan those binary files, extract metadata, and store it in the Application Catalog along with the public store mobile app. |
See Also
Viewing Imported Mobile App Metadata
Specifying the Path to Local iOS and Android Public Store Apps