SkieCan a student uninstall the Skie app from a managed device?
No. Skie blocks uninstalling itself on managed devices, and the protection is on by default. Because Skie is the Android device owner, the normal uninstall and disable routes are not available for it. The only supported way to take Skie off is the Remove Skie action by an admin in the dashboard.
On an ordinary phone, any app can be removed from Settings, from the home screen or from the Play Store. A device-owner app is different. Android treats it as the manager of the device, and Skie further marks itself as an app that the user cannot remove.
The result is that uninstall, and the related options to disable or force stop the Skie app, do not work for a student. The buttons are greyed out or absent. The next entry covers force stop and clear data on managed apps, and a separate entry covers how the Skie app cannot be stopped by the user.
The legitimate route is Remove Skie, done by an admin from the dashboard. It turns off every protection, shows every app again, restores DNS, releases ownership of the device and deletes no apps. It is meant for when a device leaves the programme, for example when a student leaves, and it is logged in the audit log.
If a person somehow got the Skie app removed, Skie is built to alert the admin immediately, down to the exact device. A missing check-in is counted as a breach, and the breach centre lists it at every level.
Practical tip: when a student leaves, use Remove Skie or reassign the device to the next student. Do not hand a device on with Skie still active unless you want it to keep applying the same rules.