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Found the same issue on my N10 :(

I have the same issue. The original Nexus 7, never rooted or flashed with anything but OTA. Just got L OTA and my kid, who's the second user, can no longer install apps from Amazon App Store because the Unknown Sources is greyed out on his account and can't be turned on. Turning it On and Off on my, main account, doesn't do anything to the secondary account - always grayed out.

Same here, on Nexus 5 and Nexus 7 2013 WiFi edition, both have original androids with OTA's sideloaded, not unlocked or rooted

I have the same issue and the second user cannot install anything (even using google play is not possible, because second user is under 13 years old and cannot register google account)

A week after the OP reported the bug, still no one is assigned to it. I got Lollipop on another Nexus 7 and the install complained that it had to reset the device. I've re-added my kid but can't even install the Amazon App Store from his account. Can the OP please bump this to a higher Priority? For me, having 700+ apps that I paid for unaccessible is pretty important to get fixed. Thank you!

It's not a bug but new feature on Lollipop..

It is indeed very annoying and rendered secondary user merely usable. If security is the only concern I would suggest adding an option for the owner account to enable/disable individual user access to apks from unknown sources. Please fix this soon so my newly purchased Nexus 6 can actually be shared with my family.

Hey Google, do you know why I bought an Android device instead of an Apple one? Because I want to do what the hell I want, not what somebody told me I can. I paid a thing, the thing is mine, and I have to be able to do what I want with it.

Your choice to limit my choices is bullshit.

This is a pretty big issue, as family members (the only ones who use my tablet) cannot install third party apps, including from the Amazon App Store. That said, nobody here is entitled to anything, and you can revert back to 4.4 if you really need to.

I have the same issue on LRX21P running on my nexus 7 2013 installed  by flashing the binary. My brother and I share the same tablet. If security is the only reason to disable this option on secondary non-restricted users, please add an option in developer settings to let the primary user enable this option.

Exactly - also, we need a fix for it fast, either by android devs or as a
workaround by someone. This is really limiting and I'd rather not go back
to kitkat. Since I'm using stock and not rooted devices then it would mean
that I have to unlock them first, which I don't want to do just because of
this bug.

Same problem found on Nexus 9.

I have this problem on my Nexus 10, too.

While this may be a security feature by design, there needs to be a way for the owner to enable the option for secondary users.  The following comment from someone on Reddit about this issue sums it up pretty nicely:

"I have a second user account on my tablet for my wife, not because I don't trust her, but because I want her to be able to get to her [stuff] without having to log me out of my [stuff]."

It used to be the case (4.4) that you had to first allow the secondary user to make the choice under "Application and Content restriction", and then they could toggle unknown sources. But it was supposed to be disabled by default.

That may still be the case, but there is no longer a way to reach "Application and Content restriction" to enable it for their account. Or if there is, I haven't found it.

This also affects users of the humble bundle app and each and every one of its bundled games.
A 4.4 style override for a specific user would be the minimum expectation.
Even if the primary user installs the apk so that it's on the device the secondary use can't do the same which would be an ugly hack compared to the Application and Content Restrictions method that has been removed.

I am very upset by this. My wife is not a power user, but the Nexus 10 is her device. I get to play around during her downtime, but now I cannot do much of anything - including apps being released in beta to cater to lollipop!
I can understand this restriction by default to e.g. stop kids installing malware, but jeez, Google, get your act together and give users an option to allow adults to make adult choices. I would expect this behaviour from Apple, not Google.

This is somewhat limiting, especially for multiuser tablets and several accounts that have apps on third-party stores like Amazon.

To stop kids installing malware or so, one shall choose to create a restricted user instead.  For non-restricted user, it is more sensible to leave it as much authority as possible unless exclusive admin right is required under some situations.

This renders the secondary users feature near useless. I cannot recommend a product that limits this ability by not even granting access with primary user's permission.

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And why can't we add "restricted users" on Nexus 4/5 (and probably 6).
I want to restrict what my kids can do with the phone ... they want to play some of my games, but I don't want to let them have freedom to do anything they want.
Google really screwed up multi-user support :-(

Hi all this is an issue for us too.I use or nexus 7 as a secondary user and I have Amazon prime in my name but cannot use it on the tablet because I need the Amazon non Google app. Very disappointed with this. For me this is a big issue. Google please address as a bug fix!
Thanks, Matthew

Same issue here. Apart from the fact the 'upgrade' has rendered my 2012 Nexus 7 almost unusable the fact my children can no longer install apps from their own Amazon app store accounts i find an utter disgrace. At the moment they are missing out on the current offer of apps that have been made free as they aren't allowed under lollipop to install them.

This is ridiculous how the priority is so low.

What is the point on having multi-user accounts if the usability is so restricted?

At least give the option to enable it, google!

This is one of the bad moments of my life with Android. I have an app I made, and I want to install it on my sister's account without having to go to mine, but it doesn't let me install it! I do not like having anybody going on my main account, messing with my stuff. There NEEDS to be a way to allow it!

To #27, that was my issue as well. There is a way around it- enable debugging on the primary user. Install/launch/debug the app while logged into the primary user. Then, do the same logged into the secondary user and it will actually install. Not pretty, but at least I was able to accomplish what I wanted to do.

to #28 - thanks for the useful workaround! worked for me :)

Pretty annoying indeed. I need unknown sources for secondary users too...

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Found another workaround:

1. Enable USB debugging with the primary user
2. Reboot the device
3. Don't login with the primary user!
4. Login with the secondary user
5. Connect the device with adb
6. Install the apk file with "adb install myapp.apk", it will goes through without unkown sources enabled, it worked on my N7 2012 with build LRX21P.

Enjoy!

Tell me if I'm wrong: Google sells a thing to me, I CANNOT do whatever I want with it, unless I have ANOTHER THING (made by another company) that physically overrides some data. And this is now compulsory for EVERY APP that doesn't come from Google Store.

This rant is not addressed #32 (thank you), it's addressed to a company whose motto is "don't be evil"; does this seem " not evil" to you?

Adding my name to the list of unhappy users.

being forced should not be the android way! We have apple for that.
Im not too pleased reading the work around needs to tinker with adb but will give it a try.

funny part is, the are releasing 5.0.1 over OTA as we speak (write) and that bug is not fixed there :/

And what's not funny is that after all these weeks, the Owner assigned to fix this bug is "---". I've downgraded to 4.4.4 for now so I can use the devices I paid for and Amazon apps store apps i paid for.

after lots of guesswork post #32 worked. Device N10 Android 5 LRX21P (rooted).
Because I did expect to have these problems first attempt failed
Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_ALREADY_EXISTS]

Had to un-install apk from primary before applying secondary workaround which oddly installed on both users! lucky this is what I wanted this time around.

Unlike others I only have a few non store home brew apk's. Will keep fingers crossed someone understands this should be fixed soon.

I was surprised by this bug as well after upgrade my Nexus 7 to 5.0.1 today.  This is very limiting, as the primary reason I like Android is that I can load 3rd party application without App Store.  Hopefully Google will fix this quickly

Thanks for all of the tips, thus far.  Your direction let me get my Amazon Appstore apps onto my Nexus 10 running 5.0.0.  

For Amazon Appstore, Nexus devices, and Windows users:

1. Install the amazing Nexus Root Toolkit on your PC.  (You do not need to root or unlock your device.  Nexus Root Toolkit just makes it easier to install Amazon Appstore apps for your secondary user.)
2. Connect Nexus device via USB (2.0, preferably).
3. Run Nexus Root Toolkit, and follow any directions for initial setup.
4. If Amazon Appstore is already installed on your Nexus device, then uninstall the Amazon Appstore (uninstalls your Amazon Appstore apps, too).
5. Download  the Amazon Appstore http://www.amazon.com/gp/mas/get/android/ref=mas_rw_ldg.
6. Log into the secondary account on Nexus device.
7. From Nexus Root Toolkit, choose "Advanced Utilities/Launch" then "Install APKs" then "OK" then select the Amazon Appstore apk you downloaded in step 5.
8. Log into the primary account on Nexus device.
9. In order to get all of your Amazon Appstore Apps, run Amazon Appstore.  From the Cloud tab, select install on each app you want installed for your secondary account.  ***HOWEVER***, select "Cancel" instead of "Install".
10. Install NextApp File Explorer https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.fx.
11. Run NextApp File Explorer, and navigate /sdcard/Android/data/com.amazon.venezia/files/apks.  The icons you see for each apk let you know which apk is which.
12. From Nexus Root Toolkit, choose "Advanced Utilities/Launch" then "Push/Pull Files" then "Pull Files/Folder" then "OK".  Enter "/sdcard/Android/data/com.amazon.venezia/files/apks" in the text box.  Select "OK".  Choose your local directory on your PC where you want the Amazon Appstore app apks to go.  (Follow any instructions given by Nexus Root Toolkit.)
13. Log into the secondary account on Nexus device.
14. From Nexus Root Toolkit, choose "Advanced Utilities/Launch" then "Install APKs" then "OK" then select all of the Amazon Appstore app apks you downloaded in step 12.

Your Amazon Appstore apps on should now work on both the primary and secondary account.  (I have not tried any installation/configuration for a tertiary account.  A restricted account does seem to work.)

Note:  On the secondary account, you must log into the Amazon Appstore with the same Amazon account from which you performed step 9, or your paid Amazon Appstore apps will not run (unless you also purchased them on two different Amazon accounts).  I *assume* that (a) if you want Amazon Appstore apps from a different Amazon account installed for the secondary user (b) then you can repeat steps 9-14 with an Amazon account that is appropriate for your secondary user.

Please consider donating to the developer of Nexus Root Toolkit. (Click on the "Please Donate" link at the bottom of the app.)  I'm not affiliated with Nexus Root Toolkit.  Nexus Root Toolkit is a great app that has made using my Nexus the way I want to use it much, much easier.  

While I thank you for post #39, my N7 tables have my kids as secondary users. They constantly download games from the Amazon apps store, then delete those that they do not play (2 of my N7 are 16GB only) and install some of the other games - pretty dynamic process, done be kindergarten kids that won't be using root kits... at least not yet :)

Just fix this!

I share my Nexus 10 with my wife 50:50.  She is arbitrarily the first user and can play Humble Bundle games (distributed as apks) on her account, but I can't play my games on my account since Lollipop.  This is pretty inconvenient and dumb.

Need to add Amazon Instant Video for secondary users. Please fix this ASAP.

Adding myself to the list of disappointed users. This Apple'ish feature goes against the Android/Google ethos. Very disappointing lack of response from Google on this issue too. It has not been redressed in the new 5.0.1 update either. Come on Google. Forcing people away from the likes of the Amazon App Store is not what we signed up for. I reiterate... Very disappointing!

Another disappointed user. I have had to give my tablet to my son and reinstall everything with him as the main user. This way he can access all the educational apps bought from the Amazon App store. I have to just make do without a tablet until this is fixed. Very sad that Google doesn't see this as a problem. If I wanted someone to tell how to use my tablet or phone, I would have purchased an iPad!

Another affected Nexus 10 user here. Would like to install apps from unknown sources on a secondary account.

Please fix this.

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Please fix this,thanks.

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This is an issue, fix it, please.

just as a reminder / info for you guys:
the usual usage of such bugtrackers:

-) if you think this bug is important, vote for it (in googles bugtracker case "star" it)

-) if you have important information to add, something that might help the developers to identify/fix it, or something that might help other users to workaround the issue, then post a comment.

--> please don't post "me too" or "please fix" posts, because everybody who starred the bug will receive a notification every time such a comment is posted. The project leaders can infer the importance of the bug from the number of users who starred the bug.

Please give the second user a choice to use unknown sources.

That's just peachy - now I cannot install Humble Bundle app on my kids' accounts! Making the primary account "developer" didn't help :-((( Fix, please!

After 5.0.1 still the same crappy behavior.

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Same thing with my Nexus 7 2013.  Update to 5.0.1 using OTA and now my wife's profile can't install anything.  GRRR

This ticks me off. I'm the primary user of the tablet but it doesn't belong to me, which means the primary account is the owner's and I'm a secondary account. If I had known about this problem the night I did a factory reset, I would have asked the owner if I could just add myself as the primary account since I'm the only one who uses the tablet.

Not being able to set up options for other accounts is just plain stupid on a device that is made to have other accounts. I want to reinstall my paid version of an app that I got from the Amazon App Store, but I can't unless I can follow the instructions for the workarounds people listed. If this paid version counted in the Google Play Store, I'd be okay but the one I have from the Play Store is only the free version and that's not the one I want to use.

Add me to the list. Often the owner is not someone who uses the tablet a lot but the secondary users are e.g. a parent and their children, so it makes sense for the parent to have the rights to give permission to the child to install that app they want that's not on the Play Store and then turn off the access again once installed so the child doesn't do anything stupid. Similarly a secondary power-user can be aware of the security and change it as they see fit thus protecting the primary owner. It made sense how it was before, quite why it was changed makes no sense.

Please add the ability for secondary users to add apps from unknown sources

This is a really big issue. It needs to be fixed ASAP. Everything went well in the nexus 10 until this 😞

Please sort this out Google. It is making our family tablet rather less family friendly!

Agree with all the above, give us the option.

This would understandably involve additional work around user experience, as it would be more secure if the owner alone decided if non-store apps can be installed on "any user" on the phone. Hope to see this feature come in a subsequent update / minor release.

I would also like to have this possibility, a Update pls !!

the same shit on Nexus 9!!!

As everyone above is saying, this feature needs to be made available again.

Strongly agree with all above.  Note: issue 36949180 appears to be a duplicate report of this issue.  Until the two issues are reconciled, folks might want to star both.

This feature needs to be enabled when a secondary user is created with non-restricted profile.

It seems that new users are also prevented from enabling "developer mode" on the device.

Had the clever idea tot have seperate account running xbmc server, but since google doesnt allow xbmc in their store, can you then please at least allow me to installate it ON MY OWN DEVICE!!!

Adding to more things.

I had an app already installed on the main account from a backup, while the secondary accounts did not have the app installed.

Trying the "adb install" method then gives

Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_ALREADY_EXISTS]

This can be avoided by using the -r switch to adb install, like "adb install -r whatever.apk".

Then, my install just hanged and did not succeed. I think something in the 5.0.1 lollipop is not completely working with the adb tool. I find in the log something like

I/ActivityManager(  747): START u0 {flg=0x50000000 cmp=com.android.vending/com.google.android.vending.verifier.ConsentDialog (has extras)} from uid 10014 on display 0

which lets me think the phone should dispay a verification dialog, but nothing happens.

This can be avoided by unchecking a setting in the settings -> developer settings menu. I dont know the exact english wording as I work on a german localized phone. Here I have "Apps über USB bestätigen" which probably translates to something like "Confirm Apps via USB". That option was checked on my primary account. Unchecking it there and switching to the secondary account and using "adb install -r" installing worked.

This is so disappointing.

Tried the adb install path listed above (#72 dominik....@gmail.com).. Worked like a charm!
Thank you! :-)

add 1 for disappointment of google

Agree with all above, enable it please!

please fix this.

This is really annoying.

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Waiting for the fix...

Agree with above

Guys, the instructions VERY clearly state not to just post "I agree" statements, and instead use the star to note that fact. Only post if you have new information toe contribute. Otherwise the star shows you're on the same page and ensures you get updates.

an update 5.0.2 is comming pease include this fix in it.

Thanks all! I followed #32, then I followed #37 and can confirm the app was installed for all 3 of my users!

#32 and #37 works! Thanks.

This really needs to be fixed...

Well i even can activate developer options for a secundary user..!! And i need it.. Dammnnn

fix this please

Confirmed that this has NOT been fixed in the recent 5.0.2 update. Hurrah! Ugh...

Well, since the status of this issue is "New" that means that nobody from the android development team even acknowledged that this bug exists - So don't hope for getting a fix soon...

If you want Google to acknowledge & fix this bug - Star it and make other people star it, and don't make people who already stared it wanting to unstar it again by posting "+1 me too" comments which spams their email inbox.

The number of comments will NOT make Google acknowledge or even fix this bug, only the number of people who stared it count.

The OP has opened it as Priority-small. I wonder if Devs are looking at "small" bugs and for me this is a major defect as it renders my multi-user device useless.

You cannot specify a priority on bugs reported. Only Google can reassign the priority.

I've already got half a dozen updates pending in Amazon Appstore on kid's account, including an update for the app itself - cannot install any of them :-(( Wish Amazon just stopped selling Android devices until the stupid bug is fixed!

#32 works like a charm,
btw: if you connect your device for the first time and get "unauthorized device" error in adb, you have to switch to main user on the device, there you see a dialog to authorize and confirm your computer (check the "trust always" box), then you can switch back to the second user and retry install.

Great now I can't have a professional user for work only to test client apps downloaded from their site :( what a counter intuitive feature ffs

COME ON GOOGLE!!! PLEASE FIX THIS!!!

Nexus10 same problem as everyone else, please fix

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=79728#c82

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Please fix this. If the owner permits it, please let other users of the tab to enable this.

Please fix it

same here nexus 7 1st gen,  since 5.0.2 ota update,  secondary user can't  install from amazon store.  completely insane,  needs fixing right away to avoid comments like "another google stitch-up"

Just updated my Nexus 7 2013 from 4.4 and this issue is making me regret that choice. Like many families we share the tablet and not having this option available on secondary accounts means the Amazon app store doesn't work for them anymore. This actually makes the device less secure since the Amazon store cannot update already installed apps to patch vulnerabilities.  

Very disappointed in this. Multiple users is very important to many of us.

Please fix it ! i can't install apk.

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1) If you're interested into this issue, please click the STAR icon.
Adding comments about your feelings just reduce the seriousness of this report.

2) The change was made intentionally.
Revision note: Disable location by default and disable ability to change Unknown sources toggle.
https://github.com/android/platform_packages_apps_settings/commit/1bad7141b4c602399beaddde49ac295ae1a89afc

So, it's NOT A BUG but a (security?) decision. Open a feature request if you want that back.

Yeah one more ways Lollipop has disappointed me. This seriously needs to be addressed.

Please fix this

Way to screw things up, Google. Companies are supposed to get smarter with age.

I just spent ages sorting a second user so I can connect it and us as a ui for my TV but after hrs of work I find I can't install unknown sourses, you arm the only place that does apps Google get a grip sick of silly restrictions

Please fix this.

It suxx, plz fix this !

I'm hoping this was just an oversight and will be addressed in an update soon

I work in a production environment.

We are trying to replicate an issue that occurs on Samsung tabletes running Kit Kat on Nexus devices running 5.0.x but alas, it is not possible because of said limitation.

We need a way to install production APKs to secondary user accounts.

I purchased an Android tablet specifically because it had multiuser accounts with the ability to install what I wanted where I wanted. I would not have installed the Lollipop update had I known about this regression.

Same here on my HTC One M8

OK I wanted to add another comment to this as it clearly has not been solved yet. I find it very strange that there is no option to enable this for secondary accounts. It practically makes the whole account feature useless!

This definitely needs to be addressed.

We really need it Google! Fix it please.

Same issue with nexus 5. User accounts is a great feature but with this and other many limitations make it useless.

I have some free apps from Amazon and want to use them on my tablet in which I am a secondary user...please enable

So I've just updated my nexus and found that none of the secondary apps can install their own apps! Why?  I really need this ability.

Wow, I'm getting beat down by these things Google, I'm supposed to like you, and you're making it very hard.

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As a user, I would like to set up a secondary android account on my mobile device simply for entertainment. This requires giving me the ability to download apps like Amazon Instant Video which are only available when unknown sources are enabled. While logged into the secondary user, I cannot install apps from unknown sources.

Allowing secondary users to install from unknown sources is really required setting. Please enable it.

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How to be better than iOS? Enable it! That's excellent! 5.1!!!

This is a really stupid problem, how come it's not fixed yet? Are you trying to FORCE me go out and buy another device? Is Android/Google really stooping so low? If it's not fixed soon, maybe forget Android then.

Yes.... PLEASE FIX....THIS IS HORIBLE THAT ITS NOT AN OPTION....

I want my work profile to be a secondary user but necessary apps must be downloaded via mobile iron app (unknown source) therefore I can't setup my work account as secondary.... This renders the nexus 6 useless for my purposes

Scumbag mode = ON The main reason ANYONE uses Android is because of the liberty it offers the user. Now Android's losing that essence. Screw you Google.

This is so annoying....what is the point of having secondary users that are completely limited!!! The setting should be editable by the owner/primary user! Please, this is ridiculous!

This is so annoying. I have a tab shared in house. We have more than one 2ndary acc. Why? To keep respective slate clean and as required. But this defect of not able to install app from unknown sources is just weird.

At least have it ask for an owners password to authenticate the toggle.

Lollipop is really a POS update, good lord... Extremely slow, services keep crashing (official stock ones!), terrible UI changes - and now this. If I wanted a big company to decide what app I'm allowed to used, I would get an iOS device: at least the UI is decent and responsive. That update solely turned my Nexus 7 into a useless piece of hardware. Nice job, Android devs!

I'd like to set up a secondary account to separate work from personal use. For work, I have to use "allow unknown sources" toggle in order to install email/agenda client.
Now I'm always walking with two devices (and even worse that the other one is from that fruit company... :-S)

Please give an option to activate it.

Guys, I get it. This is frustrating. I'm frustrated too. But commenting in this issue isn't going to help anything.

In the software world, it's considered rude to comment on issues without saying anything substantial. Saying "please fix this" isn't substantial. That's why there's a little box next to the comment form that says "Please do not post '+1 Me too!'."

Instead of commenting, you should star this issue. That's how the Android developers will prioritize user requests.

The trick in #32 worked for me. Nexus 2013 wifi on 5.0.1.

It's not rude, the more people complain about this silly feature the better. The multi-user is now useless for testing apps on test accounts. I can not sell my in-app purchases to my own account and I can not let the test user install the test app.

The same thing happened when i updated to Android L 5.0 on my Nexus 7 please unblock it google

Fix this Google

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Please please please fix this! One of the whole reasons we got an Android tablet is the ability to have multiple users on it (vs. the iPod touch we have tat drives me NUTS!). Need to be able to install Amazon Appstore on a Nexus 7 for secondary users. Should be a no-brainer, right?

Fix it plz

Please have this feature back !

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#72 Worked fine!
1. Uninstall from the 1st user, the apps needed to be installed in 2nd user.
2. Enable USB debugging in the 1st user
3. Connect the device to the PC
4. Switch to 2nd user
5. Give a command "adb devices". No device will be listed.
6. Switch to 1st user. There will be a USB authorization dialog popped up on the screen. Select "always" authorize.
7. Switch to 2nd user. Install the apps needed using the command "adb install <app name>
8. Now, the apps should be installed both in the 2nd user and 1st user.
9. If u don't want that app in 1st user, you can switch to the 1st user and uninstall it there. That app in 2nd user remains untouched!

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*Facepalm*¹

I'm at a company as the lead QA and we have multiple test devices. The owner of the device (the company) is not the same as the test Google account I have set up (across all Android devices) and as such I can't have the same test/developer environment on the Nexus 5 that I have with all other Android devices we have.

Please fix this. We need to be able to elevate other users' privileges to allow for easier developer and debugging - this is really, really basic. If your an admin, you can make someone else an admin.

This is a real issue, and has a medium (not minor) impact on usability.  

Amazing that this fantastic irritaton still exists so many months on. I want to be able to use Amazon Appstore on a user account. Perfectly happy for a solution that means main user has to allow permission for secondary users to install apps from unknown sources. The way it was in KitKat was just fine. But please fix it somehow that secondary users can access apps from unknown sources without messing around with adb, etc. Now.

I "starred" this issue report ages ago thinking that would be enough, but clearl not. Nevertheless anylne else reading this thread who shares the same frustration shouldbe sure to "star" also to try and bring to Google'a attention.

This is a bug not a feature. It's not a very friendly multi-user environment if only one user can ever do something. It is obvious why you would want to restrict some users, but on the other hand you also need to able to un-restrict more than one user. Otherwise everything degrades back to a single user model. This is fundamentally wrong.

This is a horrible feature/bug.

I can only confirm that this very annoying. My SO and I just bought the Nexus 9, we just happened to setup my SO's account first. Making her the owner, leaving me with very restricted options such as this one...

This is very frustrating. I have kids that play Japanese versions of games that we can only download by a apk. file. If the owner OK's it, it should be allowed.

FYI, you can install the Xposed module DirectApkInstall to "bypass" the check.

http://repo.xposed.info/module/it.matsca09.xposedmod.directapkinstall

I just tried on 5.0.2 and it works quite well.

I use my phone for QA testing at work so I created another user for the job only, to realise it is useless since I cannot autorise unknown source on this account... need this fix asap please.

#157,Can you upload your DirectApkInstall to "google play store"?
Our difficulty is installing app including yours outside of "google play store".

Worked fine in nexus 4 with android 5.01!
All operation only in the 1st user.
1. Uninstall app
2. Enable USB debugging
3. Connect the device to the PC
4. Give a command "adb devices". There will be a USB authorization dialog popped up on the screen. Select "always" authorize.
5.Install the apps needed using the command "adb install <app name>
Now, the apps should be installed both in the 2nd user and 1st user.

#160:
You don't even need to uninstall the app. A simple "adb install -r <appname>" will suffice to replace the app.

Remember "Don't be evil"? Guys, you're just crossing the line. Stop before it's too late. #googleprison

Just upgrade my Nexus 5 to android 5.1.0 (LMY47D). "allow unknown sources" works again for secondary users. Now waiting for the Nexus 7 (2013) 5.1.0 factory image.

@madssand...@gmail.com

Oh man, this would be fantastic.  My Nexus 10 has been a pain the but since this problem came around.

Ding dong the bug is dead.  Nexus 7 2012 confirmed to be fixed after 5.1

Looks like this has been fixed in Android 5.1. Found this after going through the changelog: https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/apps/Settings/+/ceceb2a

HUZZAH!  

Fix this damn bug!!

I will quit android for another custom os if you don't fix it

Hello i have same issue with Nexus 4
any help please

As an information technology engineer for.the past two decades, I was pleasantly surprised to see support for multiple users on my new Nexus 6. I stared on Android, switched to iOS because Android apps were too buggy and undependable, and now have returned to Android, mainly because I realized that I don't like Apple apps and am using Google apps which are much better supported on Android.

Sigh. You folks apparently have no clue about the level of difficulties that have to be solved when turning a single user device into one that supports multiple users. Google had to get hundreds or even thousands of things right in order to support this major new feature. But all you are focused on are the minor features you want that are missing. You want to be able to "do anything I want to my device" but you also want Google to protect you from yourself by keeping you from trashing your device with all that garbage you can possibly install on it. You can't have everything.If you want chaos, buy a separate device for each user and gunk them up until your hearts are content. But if you want something that has a chance of working dependably over time, you want the ability to manage rights of each user in a way that makes sense.

Google engineers are smart enough to deliver what is easily possible. If it was easy to do, they would have already done it. But application development is always full of mutually exclusive choices and compromises, and you never give everyone everything they want. Be patient and think about how you can make use of the things that do work now. Calling Google evil because you can't have all your dreams fulfilled immediately is childish.

OK, so I just created a new user account on my Nexus 6, created a new Gmail account, and logged into the new user account. I was able to install applications from Play that did not need to make modifications to the underlying operating system. Went back and logged in as the primary phone user, and verified that my workspace is not littered with these new apps. Checked installed apps under settings, and can see that the new apps are installed, and are labeled as "not installed for this user". Seems like everything is working as it should be, or at least the way I want it to work. Ironically, I stumbled across this post while searching on how to prevent what you all seem to want, which is having a secondary user modify the sensitive parts of the device. I am glad that Google is on the right track with this feature set.

shitty OS !!

is there any workaround for this Bug ??

Found the same issue on nexus 9

This is incredibly frustrating.  Users can't sideload apps which means I'm locked out of the amazon app store.  Device admin should be able to choose if secondary users can install or not

I need to as well.

Just wanted to be added to this list, hope they fix it soon

CM 12.1 with Android 5.1.1 its ok.