Google support for enterprise Android development

Question

Does Google offer any support program for enterprise Android development?

Something similar to Apple's iOS Developer Enterprise Program?

A search on Internet didn't yield any results, so I'm wondering if anyone here know of such an existing/future program?

Answer 1

iOS developer Enterprise Program:

1) Distribute Your In-house Apps

2) Test on iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch

3) Receive Code Level Technical Support

4) Get Your Questions Answered in the Apple Developer Forums

1) Android allow to do that, you can choose to allow unsigned app or signed, no matter, simply put you file in a web and allow to the client to download and install it.

2) android allow to do that to test directly in the target machine.

3) meh

4) meh x 2

As a enterprise level, the main problem of Android is the lack of proxy support. Right now, everyone can do a Android program for free and distribute it amongst the corporate users. It is pretty easy to do that without any hack.

Instead, in iOS, you must have a Apple certificate since you must sign every application, plus the fact that you signed application can run only in a specific machine, i.e. you can't copy and pass it freely.