Hamdar's development journey
1392 (Solar Hijri)
Research and development began on customizing and securing the Android operating system.
1393 (Solar Hijri)
The first customized version of Hamdar was developed, using static customization to produce a custom ROM.
1394 (Solar Hijri)
Static customization was updated, and a custom ROM was produced using a dynamic approach.
1395 (Solar Hijri)
A Linux application was developed for customizing Android phones.
1396 (Solar Hijri)
Research and development began on Hamdar for organizational use.
1397 (Solar Hijri)
The initial release of Hamdar for organizations supported both offline and online use, with policy changes delivered over NFC and Wi-Fi.
1398 (Solar Hijri)
Knowledge-based certification was obtained. Hamdar for organizations was updated with an online management dashboard, monitoring, and VPN capabilities.
1399 (Solar Hijri)
Hamdar for organizations was expanded with employee management, internal messaging, and updates to restrictions and policies.
1400 (Solar Hijri)
Hamdar for students was developed, and Hamdar enterprise messaging was added.
1401 (Solar Hijri)
New capabilities included remote commands, a private app store for each group, amnet as a VPN, and security features to detect root access and changes to the application and operating system.
1402 (Solar Hijri)
MASAF certification was obtained from Imam Hossein University. The enterprise messenger was upgraded to a new version with voice and video calls, file and location sharing, and other features. Conditional policies, geofencing, and time-based policies were also added.
1403 (Solar Hijri)
Hamdar 2 was rebuilt from the ground up using new programming languages and tools, while retaining all the features of the previous version. It resolved all issues in Hamdar 1 and introduced new tools for monitoring, access control, databases, and more. A new automated testing system was also developed for Hamdar 2, with more than 100 tests running automatically during development and after each new release.
1404 (Solar Hijri)
Additions included dynamic and conditional policies, advanced device and user management, and security improvements such as OTP, login restrictions, and password rotation. Other enhancements included secure messaging, a secure file manager, Bluetooth and contact management, advanced reporting and analytics dashboards, system performance improvements, and an improved interface in both the dashboard and the app.