Kiosk software locks down the application in order to protect the kiosk from users(wikipedia). In Android a kiosk mode application will prevent the user from going to or opening other applications on the device. This type of application has multiple uses
- Enterprise security application
- Display devices for particular applications
- Personal mobile security
From Android Kitkat and lower Android verisons Google has provided no APIs or mechanism to make a Kiosk Mode application. In this and the upcoming blog posts we are are going to discuss the works of several know developers and some applications available on Google Play Store which have made kiosk mode on Android. Later in the blog I am going to introduce a basic architecture of a Kiosk Mode application which I have designed and developed.
Andriod Kiosk Mode 