Kiosk Mode (PLUS)

When the Kiosk Mode is enabled the Fully Kiosk app will set up an Android Kiosk Mode with kiosk gesture and PIN protection. Usually you also want to disable the home button, the access to Android settings and other apps. For this purpose Fully Kiosk will ask you to set it as the default Home App (Launcher). Then by pressing the Home button the user remains locked in Fully Kiosk and won’t get to the default Android launcher.

You can easily turn the Kiosk Mode on or off in the Fully Kiosk settings. Then leave the settings and follow instructions in order to activate or deactivate the Kiosk Mode. Before the first start in Kiosk Mode some additional permissions are requested and should be granted.

Note that user input is required on the device to enable/disable the Kiosk Mode. For this reason changing the Kiosk Mode from Remote Admin or by remote import of a settings file is intentionally disabled. You  can however enable the Kiosk Mode by auto-importing the settings file as described in our deployment guide. Enabling the Kiosk Mode without any user interaction is only possible by device provisioning. On provisioned devices you can even switch the Kiosk Mode on/off by Remote Admin (ver. 1.53+).

The system bars, the camera, the power button and the volume buttons can also be blocked in Kiosk Mode. However a very long press on the power button will still cause the most devices to switch off. In Android 8+ the status bar pull-down can’t be locked but Fully Kiosk will try to close the status bar immediately and it shouldn’t be usable. We recommend Device Provisioning for Android 8+ devices for better protection.

Android 12+ has some limitations that open gaps in the Kiosk Mode protection without device provisioning or other means. Read this FAQ for solutions.

Some devices or Android versions may fail with establishing the kiosk mode. We recommend all users who need to use the Android Kiosk Mode to test it thoroughly including rebooting device in Kiosk mode, entering PIN and switching Kiosk Mode completely off before deploying to production. If something goes wrong check this FAQ how to exit from Kiosk Mode.

If you need the users to access some parts of system settings you can define a special Wifi/Settings PIN and the users will get to Wifi or other settings when you enter this PIN. The restrictions for other apps apply while the Wifi or other Android settings are in foreground. On some devices after opening Wifi Settings users can change to other Android settings and escape from Kiosk Mode. As workaround you can try using the Select Wifi Network option instead of opening Android Wifi Settings (requires device provisioning on Android 10+). Starting ver. 1.38  you can also block the main settings activity by providing a component name like com.android.settings/.Settings in the App Blacklist option.

Fully Kiosk can also lockdown other apps in Kiosk Mode. Read this FAQ for details and restrictions. You can even lockdown the device to a single app using the Single App Mode or by using our Fully Single App Kiosk app. Note that exiting from this mode REQUIRES 7 FAST TAPS!

If you make device provisioning (recommended!) you can also use the Lock Task Mode in Fully Kiosk for even better kiosk mode experience where home and recent app buttons are completely disabled.