Parallels Client on Android - MDM deployment - Parameters injection

Hello,
We are using a MDM solution (SOTI) in order to deploy the Parallels client on all the devices.
We have no problems with the installation of the APK itself but we would like to inject automatically the parameters itself (including the password if possible).
We have defined a X2C file but the application is not authorized to access the file (and we didn't find any parameters to authorize such access for the application).
Here is our postinstall code:

;; program executed with XML flow and variables
sendintent -a "intent:#Intent;action=android.intent.action.MAIN;component=fr.solutys.filesettings/.MainActivity;S.LoginProginov=%CustomAttr:LoginProginov%;S.NomTerminal=%CustomAttr:NomTerminal%;S.file-modify=/sdcard/solutys/servers.2xc;end;"
sendintent -a "intent:file:///sdcard/solutys/servers.2xc#Intent;type=application/2xc;action=android.intent.action.VIEW;launchFlags=0x10000000;end"​

We also tried to copy the X2C file in the "data" folder without success:

copy %sdcard%/Download/servers.2xc %sdcard%/Android/data/com.parallels.client/files/Parallels Client/servers.2xc​

Can anyone help?
Thanks in advance.

 

I precise the version of Android is 11 and there is no authorization to access the \Android\data\* folders.

 

Hi, I have two questions:

1. what is fr.solutys.filesettings you are using in the first intent?
2. what other settings appart from login are you using in the .2xc file?

Personally I found best solution to use Parallels uri to start remote session with login and password embedded directly from MobiControl Lockdown and if there are any other settings I had to import them from file manually once on each device from Android 11+ onwards. So I'm personally also curious if anyone could help.

 

Hello,
I managed to automate the installation using a server.x2c file copied on the device and a button to import the config via this command:
sendintent -a "intent:#Intent;action=android.intent.action.MAIN;component=fr.solutys.filesettings/.MainActivity;S.Login=%CustomAttr:Login%;S.NomTerminal=%CustomAttr:NomTerminal%;S.file-modify=%sdcard%/solutys/servers.2xc;end;"

In the x2c file, we have the broker, the server, the resolution...

At the moment, we have 2 issues:
- tactile (mouse) issue: we were obliged to press the screen and not to just touch it
- we have to remove the right tool bar manually using the parameters of the Android app

Regards

 

We've run into similar challenges when deploying apps via MDM, especially when trying to automate configuration injection. A few things you might want to check:
• Scoped storage restrictions on Android 10+ can block access to external directories unless explicitly granted. You may need to use or depending on the app's permissions.
• Parallels Client may not support direct access to arbitrary file paths like unless the file is opened through an intent that the app is designed to handle.
• For the folder path, ensure the app has runtime permission to read/write there -- and that the file structure matches what the client expects.
• You might also try pushing the file during installation using if SOTI supports that for the Parallels Client.
If none of these work, checking with Parallels support or reviewing their documentation for MDM deployment parameters might reveal a more direct method.

 

Hi, I think I have a quite similar need : I want to open a Parallels connection directly from the MobiControl lockdown screen.

I've tried a different approach, configuring a "prlclient://" URI in the lockdown configuration, but each of my devices use different credentials so I can't put the credentials in my MobiControl profile.
CustomAttributes may work, using the "%CustomAttr:MY_PARAMETER% syntax in the URI but I don't wan't to put an unencrypted password as a custom attribute of my device.

I saw that the Parallels URI can use "EncPass" to transmit an encrypted password but I find no documentation concerning the EncPass field encryption.
Anyone here tried to use these features ?