Mobile iron: SDK vs Wrapper

[jesmrec]

Mobile iron is the "preferred" MDM to be used together with ownCloud to manage mobile devices and apps remotely.

Mobile iron works by setting their own software wrapping the functionality of the apps in two ways:

• By wrapping using a desktop suite or a online utility, available in https://help.mobileiron.com
• By integrating the MI SDK in the app, that provides the basic functionality and infrastructure to be used in the MDMed app.

Mobile iron has different issues important to be taken in account, when we work on them:

• Mobile iron does not support iOS extensions. That means, for example, we will not be able to share content with oC if the app is wrapped. Files app is other example. At this point we have to assume that Files app and wrapped apps are not good friends.

• Background tasks do not work with wrapped apps

• After wrapping, apps have to be resigned, so wrapper use to break entitlements stuff.

At this points, first target to accomplish should be:

• SDK Mobile iron: what is it, what does it do, how to integrate it. Pros and contras (please, list it in this thread)
• How to proceed, based in wrapping experience and the info got in previous step. Take one of the options.

[jesmrec]

nice to read: #2 (comment)