devicePolicyManager.lockNow() is not working for Motorola Tablets

Question

public final static void lockDevice()
    {
        try
        {
            if (devicePolicyManager.isAdminActive(adminComponent))
            {
                de         


        

Answer 1

Possible reasons for this problem

1) I think there is some problem with receiver's meta-data in your AndroidManifest.xml

2) You haven't added the correct class(extended with DeviceAdminReceiver) to either adminComponent OR to android:name property of receiver.

After spending lot of time on this i have created the code.

Code for main Activity

public class LockerTest extends Activity {
    protected static final int REQUEST_ENABLE = 0;
    DevicePolicyManager devicePolicyManager;
    ComponentName adminComponent;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);

        Button button = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btn);
        button.setOnClickListener(btnListener);

    }

    Button.OnClickListener btnListener = new Button.OnClickListener() {
        public void onClick(View v) {
            adminComponent = new ComponentName(LockerTest.this, Darclass.class);
            devicePolicyManager = (DevicePolicyManager) getSystemService(Context.DEVICE_POLICY_SERVICE);

            if (!devicePolicyManager.isAdminActive(adminComponent)) {

                Intent intent = new Intent(DevicePolicyManager.ACTION_ADD_DEVICE_ADMIN);
                intent.putExtra(DevicePolicyManager.EXTRA_DEVICE_ADMIN, adminComponent);
                startActivityForResult(intent, REQUEST_ENABLE);
            } else {
                devicePolicyManager.lockNow();
            }

        }
    };

    @Override
    protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
        if (REQUEST_ENABLE == requestCode) {
            super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
        }
    }

}

Create a new class - Darclass - code

import android.app.admin.DeviceAdminReceiver;

public class Darclass extends DeviceAdminReceiver{

}

Create a folder 'xml' in 'res'. Then create my_admin.xml file in 'xml' folder. Code for my_admin.xml. Note add this receiver after </activity> and before </application>

<device-admin xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <uses-policies>
        <limit-password />
        <watch-login />
        <reset-password />
        <force-lock />
        <wipe-data />
    </uses-policies>
</device-admin>

Finally add the receiver given bellow to your AndroidManifest.xml

<receiver
            android:name=".Darclass"
            android:permission="android.permission.BIND_DEVICE_ADMIN" >
            <meta-data
                android:name="android.app.device_admin"
                android:resource="@xml/my_admin" />

            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.app.action.DEVICE_ADMIN_ENABLED" />
            </intent-filter>
        </receiver>

It should work on your device.