Lock task mode support

Hi,

is there support for DevicePolicyManager.html#setLockTaskPackages() configuration ?

I expect to provide list of package names that would be permitted to enter lock task mode (SOTI mobicontrol agent just need to call DPC.setLockTaskPackages() with given list)

https://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/admin/DevicePolicyManager.html#setLockTaskPackages(android.content.ComponentName,%20java.lang.String[])

7 years ago
Android
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Raymond Chan
7 years ago (edited 7 years ago)

For at least 5 or 6 years,  MobiControl has been able to support COSU use cases using one self-starting item in a well-designed lockdown menu, together with some clever combinations of application-run-control and feature control Android payloads.

Recently,  it gets even easier to set up by just using one self-starting item with "single-app mode" also checked in a lockdown menu  payload (or Kiosk-mode payload for Android-Enterprise).   I don't think MobiControl is using the Lock Task Mode API's  introduced by Google in 2015/2016 to implement this, so I believe it won't directly allow the device end-user to easily exit the single-app mode, as "Lock Task Mode" allows.    But who cares, as long as MobiControl single-app mode works good enough for most, if not all, COSU use cases.