Customer HubKiosk Mode
With the policy configuration Kiosk Mode Relution offers the possibility to strongly restrict the operation of Android devices with Android Enterprise enrollment and protect the devices from misoperation.
Relution Home Screen Layout
On fully managed devices (Device Owner), the Relution Home Screen Layout configuration automatically activates Kiosk Mode in the background and sets the Relution Homescreen Layout App as the launcher. For the other Android Enterprise enrollments (managed device with a personal profile and work profile), the app receives the configured layout but is not set as the kiosk launcher. The Relution Home Screen Layout configuration offers the possibility to conveniently drag and drop the app layout on the devices via the Relution Portal. Additionally, there is the possibility to define a background image and add custom static or dynamic texts on the background.
In this configuration, the Relution Homescreen suppresses notifications on the lockscreen.
Use default launcher
The Kiosk Mode configuration replaces the device’s home screen with the Android Enterprise default launcher. It displays only managed apps that have been installed via the Manage apps configuration (e.g. with the installation type Force-installed or Pre-installed) on a single page in alphabetical order. All other apps on the devices are hidden from users and cannot be used.
Settings
In addition to the Customise Kiosk Launcher App section (see below), the Kiosk Mode configuration contains the sections General and Kiosk customization.
General
- Stay on while battery plugged – multiple selection of the charging modes
AC,USBandWIRELESSin which the device stays on. - Maximum time to lock Device – selection between 15 seconds and 20 minutes. Without a selection, the device’s default setting applies. A fixed screen timeout from the Display → configuration is only applied if it is shorter than this value.
- Disable toasts and overlays – prevents toasts and overlays from being displayed on the device.
Kiosk customization
The following values are preselected in a new configuration:
| Field | Preselection | Further options |
|---|---|---|
| Power button actions | Available | Unavailable, Available - (Default) |
| System error warnings | Mute | Enabled, Muted - (Default) |
| System navigation | Disabled | Enabled, Home button only, Disabled - (Default) |
| Status bar | Disabled | Enabled, System info only, Disabled - (Default) |
| Device settings | Allowed | Blocked, Allowed - (Default) |
The options with the suffix - (Default) apply the Android Enterprise default behavior. The Kiosk customization section is only available in the Kiosk Mode configuration, not in Relution Home Screen Layout.
Use alternative launcher
If additional features and apps other than the apps added in the Manage apps policy configuration are to be available on the Android devices, for example system apps, it is necessary to use an alternative launcher. To do this, the toggle Use a custom kiosk launcher app instead of the default launcher is enabled in the Customise Kiosk Launcher App section. The Select button in the Select custom launcher app field then opens the Select an app dialog. There, Managed Google Play Store App (Android Enterprise) is chosen as the source and the launcher app is added. Alternatively, the sources Relution App Store app and Manually add app are available.
The launcher can then be configured using the available options. Manual configuration is carried out via the function Configure custom launcher app.