MobiLock Pro users can now receive notifications in lockdown mode!

Understanding our clients’ requirements and market trends, it has been our continuous endeavor to innovate and add the utilities to our products, for not only the existing but for the prospective clients as well.

In a step further, we have just released MobiLock Pro (v2.0.0) version. The updated version which is available both on the Google PlayStore as well as on the MobiLock Enterprise Store, has features, which eases the usage and management of mobile devices in locked down mode.

The most striking feature of this version is the Notification Center, with which MobiLock Pro users will now get App notifications. So far, when the devices are locked down in MobiLock Pro, the default notification bar of the device is disabled. Users do not receive notifications for any allowed Apps. But now, in Notification Center, when the Admin enables the settings given for a particular device profile or the group profile from the Dashboard, the devices with that profile will be able to receive the notifications. But, if any of the settings is disabled, devices will get a notification at the bottom of the screen that this feature is not available. For an e.g. if the Flashlight is not enabled in a particular profile and any device belonging to that profile taps on the flashlight to turn it on, it will get a notification that this feature is not available.

User can launch respective application by tapping on the notification itself. For an e.g. if there is an incoming call, a notification will be displayed which will have ‘Answer’ & ‘End’ buttons. When user tap on any button, a respective action will be performed and when the user is on the call, it will show as “Call in progress”.

What is Notification Center?

Notification Center are the settings under the Profile section of MobiLock Pro dashboard. Admin can enable/disable the settings for the devices or the group of devices in that particular profile and accordingly the user can or cannot access it from the Notification Panel on the device(s).

Settings in Notification Center which can be enabled/disabled

Screen rotation/orientation — Admin can disable or enable the user to change the orientation of the device from notification panel.

Flash Lights — Setting to allow the user to turn ON/OFF flashlight from the notification panel.

Time zone — Setting to launch the time-zone screen where user can set a time zone for the device.

Wi-Fi — Wi-Fi can be either turned ON or OFF if this setting is enabled.

Hotspot — If it is enabled then user can turn On/Off from notification panel but if the hotspot is not configured then user will get the notification about it.

View Background Apps — This feature is On by default. It will show the list of recent apps running in background. To switch to any app, the user has to click on its icon.

Kill Background Apps — By this setting, user can kill the background apps.

What will be seen in Notification Panel?

On first swipe down from status bar, you will see small notification panel, which includes

– Recent apps
— Clear recent apps
— Screen rotation/Change orientation
— Wi-Fi status

On the second swipe down, a bigger notification panel is seen with,

– Brightness control
— Enable/disable Flash light
— Screen rotation/change orientation
— Time zone
— Wi-Fi status
— Hotspot
— View background app

Other important features of Notification Center

– Max 50 notifications will be shown. If the number of notifications exceeds 50 then in that case, the old notifications will be deleted from the list.
— Users can scroll up/down to view the notifications.
— Users can remove any notification (except non-removable notifications) by swiping it to right.

As described above, by now, you might have got insight up to certain extent about how this feature adds value and helps the device users as well as MobiLock Admin.

Resource : http://blog.mobilock.in/mobilock-pro-users-can-now-receive-notifications-lockdown-mode/