Centralized client application management

A system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• one or more machine-readable media storing instructions that, when used by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
• receiving, at a management device, a client state from a mobile device, the client state comprising information about a particular application;
• generating, by the one or more processors, a first instruction for the mobile device, wherein the first instruction comprises an instruction to the mobile device to prevent user interaction with a user interface of the particular application;
• and
• communicating the first instruction to the mobile device, wherein the mobile device performs the first instruction to prevent user interaction with the user interface of the particular application.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions to cause a machine to perform operations comprising:

• receiving, at a management device, a client state from a mobile device, the client state comprising information about a particular application;
• generating, by one or more hardware processors, a first instruction for the mobile device, wherein the first instruction comprises an instruction to the mobile device to prevent user interaction with a user interface of the particular application;
• and
• communicating the first instruction to the mobile device, wherein the mobile device performs the first instruction to prevent user interaction with the user interface of the particular application.