how do i start any simple app in kiosk mode?

android intentfilter android-launcher kiosk-mode
Varun Barve picture Varun Barve · Sep 13, 2013 · Viewed 10.3k times · Source

i just wanna start any simple app in a kiosk mode, that is whenever i reboot i want only the app to be started nothing else. So researching a bit i found home replacement app, and disabling the home, menu search and back button. i tried some links about home replacement, but couldnt succeed. so please help if anyone can. thanks I tried changing the intent filter with this..ando

Answer

JogahCR picture JogahCR · Sep 13, 2013

Make your own app a kiosk is complicated to make it work correctly in all android versions.

I've been using solutions like Surelock in a couple of apps that run on preconfigured devices.

Surelock

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