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Questions tagged [kiosk]

For issues relating to designing and/or deploying software in kiosk environments.

A kiosk is a computer terminal featuring specialized hardware and software designed within a public exhibit that provides access to information and applications for communication, commerce, entertainment, and education. Kiosks usually limit user activity to a specific targeted application with very limited access to other applications or services.

For discussion of the software mode used by kiosks, please use the tag.

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Kiosk mode in Android

I'm in the process of evaluating if and how a CF .NET enterprise application can be ported to run on Android devices. The application on Windows Mobile phones are run in kiosk mode where the application autostart in fullscreen-mode after booting and…
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How to disable Home and other system buttons in Android?

I need to disable Home and other system buttons in my Android application. Example: MX Player (see at Google Play) - you can press "lock" icon at player screen and it locks all hardware and software system buttons. It works fine WITHOUT ROOTING. I…
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Disable Chrome pinch zoom for use in kiosk

We are using Chrome in kiosk mode and accidentally users are causing the application to zoom with the recent addition of pinch zoom support. They then think they've broken it and simply walk away leaving the application (and subsequently a 55"…
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Prevent status bar for appearing android (modified)

I am implementing a kiosk mode application and i have successfully made the application full-screen without status bar appearance post 4.3 but unable to hide status bar in 4.3 and 4.4 as status-bar appears when we swipe down at the top of the…
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Tap on screen 5 Times in 3 seconds in android

I am developing a kiosk and now in admin side. In order to go to the Admin, the user needs to tap the screen 5 times just in 3 seconds or else, nothing will happen.
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Disable "chrome is out of date" notification

I have a touchscreen application optimised and running in a Chrome kiosk mode. It runs totally offline and due to some updates to Chrome breaking the application I've had to lock it to a fixed version of Chrome (v37.x). I've been able to prevent…
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Printing to POS printer from PHP

We are looking to print to a POS printer connected where apache is running. Due to design of the application, and deployment, printing should be done from Server (it should detect the order and send to different printers and different formats of…
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How to disable the "Chromium didn't shut down correctly" message? Chromium 17, Ubuntu 10.04

I am running Chromium in a kiosk-like environment and if the computer is powered off forcefully while Chromium is running, the next time it boots it will display the message "Chromium didn't shut down correctly. To reopen the pages you had open,…
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Is there a keyboard shortcut to show or hide 'FPS meter' in Chromium versions 60+?

Analyzing an HTML-5 application which makes heavy use of GPU-enabled animations, I would like to constantly check the FPS rate in an environment in which Chrome/Chromium is started with the --kiosk startup flag. Currently, I use Chromium in version…
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How do I set the default launcher in an AOSP build?

I am modifying the AOSP source code because my app needs to run in a kiosk environment. I want Android to boot directly into the app. I've excluded launcher2 from generic_no_telephony.mk, and added the app there. Now Android prompts me all the time…
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Hide mouse pointer on Chromium kiosk

Web application with xHTML UI is shown on self-service kiosk, using Chromium in fullscreen kiosk mode. As the kiosk display is intended only for visual feedback, there is no mouse/touchscreen connected. While it's very easy to hide the mouse pointer…
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Hiding the System UI on Lollipop

I have a kiosk mode application which hides all traces of the System UI (Notification bar and navigation buttons). On versions of Android pre-Lollipop the following works fine (as root): service call activity 42 s16 com.android.systemui In Lollipop…
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Programmatically enabling/disabling accessibility settings on Android device

How can I programmatically enable/disable an android screen reader service such as TalkBack? I am developing a kiosk type application that will be installed on an Android device that will be loaned to visitors while they visit a particular museum. …
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Windows Kiosk App

So, I need to build a kiosk type of application for use in an internet cafe. The app needs to load and display some options of things to do. One option is to launch IE to surf. Another option is to play a game. I've been reading that what I…
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Kiosks in Windows 8 Running Regular Software (Non-Windows Store App)

My company operates using public kiosks. These kiosks are running Windows 8 and though they are secure, they are certainly not as secure as the kiosks AKA ATMS you would see at a bank. The reason for running Windows 8 is to take advantage of the new…
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