Kiosk mode in Android

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I'm in the process of evaluating if and how a CF .NET enterprise application can be ported to run on Android devices. The application on Windows Mobile phones are run in kiosk mode where the application autostart in fullscreen-mode after booting and with the users unable to accidentally or willingly access any other parts of the phone.

Is it possible on Android to have only one application autostart after booting and prevent users from accidentally (or willingly) access any other parts of the Android device?

kiosk-mode kiosk android
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You can autostart applications on boot by listening to the android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED intent in a BroadcastReceiver and start your Activity from there. In the Activity you can register yourself as the new default homescreen[1] and handle the keys.

I think there are some instances that you can't handle without modifying the framework (like longpress on Home to show currently active Applications) - I could also be mistaken though.

But for a prototype that could be sufficient.

Have fun tinkering!

[1]:

<intent-filter>
 <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
 <category android:name="android.intent.category.HOME" />
 <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
</intent-filter>
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Set up Single-Purpose Devices Page of android developer have described this things you can easily get to know more things from there.

Now it is easy to configure Android 6.0 Marshmallow and later devices as corporate-owned, single-use (COSU) devices.

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Kiosk mode is nothing but locking a single or set of applications when you switch on an android device. This can be achieved by lock task mode. When the device runs in lock task mode, users typically can’t see notifications, access non-whitelisted apps, or return to the home screen.

The Device policy controller (DPC) can whitelist the app that can run when the system is in lock task mode. Since its a dedicated device for a specific purpose the person using the device can't leave lock task mode. The device which are Android 5.0 and higher can run in lock task mode.

    •        Whitelisting the applications

First step is to whitelist the application by DPC. DPC can whitelist the apps which can be used in lock task mode by calling

DevicePolicyManager.setLockTaskPackages()

    ▪         Start lock task mode

Once the whitelisting is done, DPC can call the below function to start the lock task.

ActivityOptions.setLockTaskEnabled()

You can find more details regarding the lock task mode here. https://developer.android.com/work/dpc/dedicated-devices/lock-task-mode

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