Private Space and Work Profile detection

Android devices can be set up to have Work Profiles (i.e., managed profiles), where the available functionality is controlled by an IT administrator. Android 15 also introduced Private Spaces that allow users to create their own similarly controlled environments.

However, an app that is launched in a Private Space or Work Profile cannot query details about the keyboard and/or screen reader in use on the device. Thus, App Shielding does not trust any keyboard or screen reader when running in these environments because they could potentially be malware and cannot be verified otherwise. If App Shielding is configured to block screen readers (i.e., using the blockUntrustedScreenreaders option), and the app is running in a Private Space or Work Profile, all text-to-speech access to the app is blocked.

App Shielding can detect if the protected app was launched in a Private Space or Work Profile and can be configured to exit the app (using the exitOnPrivateSpace option) if you do not want to support these environments.