[android-developers] Make a one app appliance (prevent quitting app)
I am going to hand out Android phones with an app on it that is geared to a large event. I'd like to launch the app, and cause the user to be unable to quit it. I don't want them messing around with other software on the phone. We did this on our Blackberry app by making the program bring itself to the foreground every two seconds. It was cheesy, but worked. If the user quit the app, it would come right back up. Any ideas as to how to get an Android program to always be the focused program? Thanks! Tobiah -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: [android-developers] Make a one app appliance (prevent quitting app)
You are welcome to make it be the home screen. There's the Home sample in the SDK that demonstrates the intent-filter you need on your activity: 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 Then, BACK and HOME lead to your app. However: - The user may be able to get to other things, depending on the device, by means such as the notification drawer - The user can simply reboot your phone in safe mode to nuke your app On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 6:36 PM, Tobiah t...@tobiah.org wrote: I am going to hand out Android phones with an app on it that is geared to a large event. I'd like to launch the app, and cause the user to be unable to quit it. I don't want them messing around with other software on the phone. We did this on our Blackberry app by making the program bring itself to the foreground every two seconds. It was cheesy, but worked. If the user quit the app, it would come right back up. Any ideas as to how to get an Android program to always be the focused program? Thanks! Tobiah -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 4.6 Available! -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[android-developers] Make a one app appliance (prevent quitting app)
I need to make a one function appliance out of an Android phone for distribution to participants of an event. I want the user to see the app running, but not be able to do anything else. What sort of ways are there to lock down a device so that it appears as a one-app appliance? We retain ownership of the devices, so we can mess with the phones in any way before or after installing the program. Thanks, Tobiah -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Make a one app appliance (prevent quitting app)
On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 6:57 AM, Toby t...@tobiah.org wrote: I need to make a one function appliance out of an Android phone for distribution to participants of an event. I want the user to see the app running, but not be able to do anything else. What sort of ways are there to lock down a device so that it appears as a one-app appliance? We retain ownership of the devices, so we can mess with the phones in any way before or after installing the program. What version are you devices running? If you are on 4.2, you can add another user and disable all built-in applications, effectively limiting access to your own. You can also write a custom launcher that simply restarts your app when you press Home, which is your best bet if you are on a lower version (or a handset that doesn't support multi-user) There are apps that do this with different levels of success on the Play Store, you can try using one of those. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
