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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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NFC does not work properly with active KIOSK mode

I am new in creating the KIOSK app with NFC and I faced a problem. The app works in KIOSK mode and scans NFC cards. But sometimes NFC stops working, and I reboot the device to keep NFC working, but sometimes even after a reboot NFC doesn't work. The…
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Chromebase Kiosk App - Invalid Application

I am attempting to create a kiosk app for an Acer Chromebase that I have. I know the Chromebase is setup to accept and run a kiosk app successfully as I used a publically available kiosk app to test and the Chromebase ran it. So that part of it I…
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Activity.startLockTask() from one Activity to another Activity

I am using Activity.startLockTask() and have noticed that if I pin the screen in Activity A, I am unable to transition to Activity B. It seems like I have to startLockTask() and then stopLockTask() and then startLockTask() again on Activity B. Is…
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Advertising display kiosk. Would a browser be ok?

I am considering a project in which workstations, connected to a central server display various content under the control of a central timeline. Requirements are that the kiosks could have various compositions of monitor and an extended desktop.…
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Opening a UWP within a UWP application

Maybe a very strange request... We are looking into building a Windows 10 UWP application that can open websites and other UWP applications within it. I guess the main question is... In Windows 10 UWP, is there a control that you can open another…
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How do I make a simple webview based Chrome kiosk app make use of proxy config?

I have created a very simple webview based Chrome app - it is almost identical to Google's create a simple kiosk app by using a text editor but even simpler in that it does not have the reset, or any other, button just my Web page content. This…
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iOS Guided Access: why does my app close overnight?

I'm writing an iOS application for enterprise deployment. The use case is that it is meant to run in the foreground in kiosk / guided access mode on iPads, and it must never ever close for as long as the OS is running (the iPads will be mounted on a…
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Programmatically disabling Taskmanager using c#

I am working on a Kiosk application, I need to disable the taskmanager. So that when the user press [Ctrl + Alt + Del] and [Ctrl + Shift + Escape], the taskmanager should not pop up. How?
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Why is this Google Chrome (Hosted) App invalid for Kiosk mode?

I have been trying to make a Kiosk Mode App from my Chrome book. But when I go into the "Manage Kiosk Applications" and enter in the Chrome Store URL for my app, I get a "Invalid Application" error, but if i just install the app from the store, it…
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vbscript to auto detect open window and close it OR Google Apps Script to control form submit button

In the past I've used the script below to detect if an active window with the title "Remote Desktop" is or isn't active. If it isn't active the script will auto launch or make it active again. Question: Is there a way to detect if a window is…
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How to prevent user from closing application - Android 4.0.3

So my question is: If is possible to prevent user from closing application. Problem is because i can't hide action bar and i use tablet only for work time registration. So if someone press home button or back button is that not acceptable. So i…
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Chrome extension to monitor a kiosk and reload if needed

I have a kiosk that processes portraits of people. It is running in chrome. One out of 200 people who use the kiosk end up with it freezing during the process. When it freezes, I never get the "ah snap" and the page just kinda hangs. I was wondering…
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Kiosk browser software that interacts with devices

We are designing a self-service kiosk for Windows machines that allows customers to order online through a touch-screen website, pay through an attached chip-and-pin card reader, and then print off the order number with a receipt…
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Approve USB device after insertion

On Windows, is there any way to programatically approve a USB device after insertion, if it is of a certain type (say Removable Drive) allow its use, otherwise not? Also not to allow running of drivers, only allow usage of the device in an approved…
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What options are available for local state persistence in .Net

I'm looking for good options for persisting local state of an application (created in .Net / C#.) I've considered rolling my own solution, or using a simple local database such as Sqllite, however I thought I'd ask the SO community what options are…
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