Device owner on Android TV Box not working

Question

I want to install my application as device owner on Android TV Box and I get the next exception.

adb shell dpm set-device-owner 
"com.android.testapp/.receivers.AdminReceiver"
java.lang.RuntimeException: Can't set package com.android.testapp as 
device owner.
    at com.android.commands.dpm.Dpm.runSetDeviceOwner(Dpm.java:115)
    at com.android.commands.dpm.Dpm.onRun(Dpm.java:82)
    at com.android.internal.os.BaseCommand.run(BaseCommand.java:47)
    at com.android.commands.dpm.Dpm.main(Dpm.java:38)
    at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit.nativeFinishInit(Native Method)
    at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit.main(RuntimeInit.java:251)

There are no accounts on the device. It works on my phones but not on the Android TV Box.

I think you are trying to execute this command pro-grammatically. If yes, you cannot achieve pro-grammatically. — Dhruv Patel, Dec 26 '17 at 11:10
@Dhruv I trying to execute this command in a terminal window — leryonce, Dec 26 '17 at 12:39

score -1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 05 '18 at 13:26

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Format your Android TV Box. Enable your developer option in Android TV Box Connect your Terminal with the IP address with command adb connect 192.168.X.XX

Install the apk Run below command to adb shell dpm set-device-owner /.DevAdminReceiver

answered Aug 05 '18 at 13:26

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Dhruv Patel · Answer 2 · 2017-12-27T06:19:35.797

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Steps to set-device-owner through cmd,

Connect your device with USB debugging mode.
Set directory using cd command to ...Sdk\platform-tools
Write adb shell and hit enter
You will see shell@degas3g:/ $ in cmd
Now write dpm set-device-owner com.android.testapp/.receivers.AdminReceiver and hit enter
Your app will become Device Owner.

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EDITED

Receiver must be like this.

<receiver
    android:name=".receiver.Receiver"
    android:permission="android.permission.BIND_DEVICE_ADMIN">
    <meta-data
        android:name="android.app.device_admin"
        android:resource="@xml/device_admin" />
    <intent-filter>
        <action android:name="android.app.action.DEVICE_ADMIN_ENABLED" />
    </intent-filter>
</receiver>

edited Dec 27 '17 at 06:19

answered Dec 27 '17 at 04:16

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I'm doing the same thing – leryonce Dec 27 '17 at 06:15
see my updated code. Is your receiver look like this? – Dhruv Patel Dec 27 '17 at 06:20
Yes, my receiver looks like this and It works on my phones but not on the Android MiBox3 – leryonce Dec 27 '17 at 06:33

Device owner on Android TV Box not working

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