Is it possible to build a DPC without enroling with EMM Community?

Question

Since the process of applying for EMM integration takes an unjustifiably big amount of time and the whole process is described as "incredibly painful" by those lucky ones that went through it, I want to know whether is it absolutely needed to become an EMM in order to have a working Device Policy Controller app (DPC).

If you faced this problem, please share the experience.

I am developing for COSU devices and want to go into a kiosk mode. I am aware of existence of ways of how to do it, but they all implement a bunch of workarounds - this is not an option - I want a controllable, safe and robust way of doing this. I don't care about not having the ability for remote managing also.

Answer 1

You can use Google's new Android Management API to manage Android devices without building a DPC or registering as an EMM.