Re: [android-developers] Make a one app appliance (prevent quitting app)

On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 6:57 AM, Toby <toby@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.

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