A utility company plans to issue rugged smartphones to technicians for field inspections. Management insists that the devices be able to install an internally developed maintenance application that is distributed only as an APK file over the company's intranet. The solution must work without rooting, jail-breaking, or using any public app store. Which mobile operating system will meet these requirements with the least additional configuration?
Android can natively install applications packaged as APK files from sources other than Google Play when the "Install unknown apps" permission is enabled. Neither iOS nor iPadOS permits direct sideloading of apps without enrolling the devices in Apple's enterprise program or jail-breaking. Windows 11 is a desktop OS, not a mobile platform, and also does not install APK files by default. Therefore, Android is the only option that satisfies the requirement to deploy a proprietary APK without resorting to unsupported modifications or external storefronts.
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