i am locking my ios device to single app mode
however, when i turn off the screen and turn it back on with the side button, i am able to do search and use the dictionary app, even though the dictionary app is not the app that the device is locked to
is there a way to disable this functionality ?
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I want to use an old iPad to view an ip camera feed. Instead of keeping the iPad on all day, I want to be able to tell the iPad to wake and open the camera viewer application when the camera senses motion. (Not just a small notification on lock screen, I want to be able to view a full screen image of the cameras feed). After a given period of time the iPad would go back to an off/sleep mode. Is this even possible in iOS? Thanks!
Take a look at the "Singe App Mode" and "Background Execution". Choose an event type that can take your device out from background mode, like VOIP. Do not expect the app to be accepted in the public app store.
I'm working on developing a kiosk app to run in single app mode on two 12.9" iPad Pros. We want the option to turn these kiosks off so I'm using the ionic-native Insomnia and Battery-Status plugins to keepAwake when it is plugged in and allowSleepAgain when it is unplugged.
The problem is, the enclosures that were selected to house the iPads completely block all of the buttons, including the home button. When the iPads are plugged back in, the screen turns on and shows the "Press Home to Open" screen. To actually hit the home button, we need to get a key and remove the iPad from the enclosure.
Is there any way, either through the standard iPad preferences, or through the Configurator/Single App Mode preferences, to bypass the lock screen and go directly into the app when it wakes up?
I know I could probably find a way to setBrightness to 0 when unplugged and to 100 when plugged back in. But, that seems less preferable to me than letting it actually go to sleep.
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I am currently prototyping an iOS iPad app for my company. Before I go in the details of what I am trying to do, this will be an enterprise app deployed by a local MDM. All the iPads that will have the app installed are supervised with a mobile config that allows the app to be in autonomous single app mode. So far, everything is working fine. The iPads are not (and cannot) be jailbroken.
I am looking for a way to basically switch the app to the foreground whenever the iPad is unlocked. I am aware of this thread (ios open app after screen unlock) from 2013, and I am hoping that 5 years later a solution has popped-up. Since our app is an enterprise app, it does not have to respect the app store requirements. I can successfully detect lock events if the app is opened when the device is locked, but when the app is not in the foreground, I would need it to be awaken from an iPad event.
The basic idea is that whenever the iPad would be unlocked, the app would freeze the iPad in single app mode, and the user need to perform some action inside the app to "reenable" the iPad and disable single app mode. If a user can re-lock the iPad and bypass the app (even if he successfully accessed it once) it's a no-go for us.
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I am trying to awake the app after the unlock of the device. Basically once the iPads is unlocked (after pressing the home button) the app would be started automatically.
That is a loaded question but you could lock the ipad to only use one application with "Guided Access" There is a walkthrough here.
Here are the first steps:
Open “Settings”
Go to “General” > “Accessibility”
Tap on “Guided Access” (Scroll down the page a little, it’s under
the “Learning” section)
Flip the switch to “ON”
Tap on “Set Passcode” (this will prevent
users from leaving “Guided Access” mode)
Enter a passcode
Launch your App
With your app still open, triple-click the Home button
I am building an app for iPad. For this I need to restrict user access on iPad and allow the user to only access my app and the iPad settings.
So I've tried 2 approaches:
Used guided access to lock down my app and from within my app had a button that launches settings. This button doesn’t work if I run in guided mode. Without guided mode it works and the settings open up.
Question really is – How do I allow my app and settings to work in
Guided mode?
The same scenario as above, when I use Apple configurator to launch only one app so all others are restricted. I need to allow both my app and the iPad Settings to work and no other apps.
How do I do this?
No you can't run more then one or multiple app in guided access mode. Because even if you want to press home button for going to background mode then also you need to end guided access. so, you can't open setting app from your app when guided access is enable for your app.
Only one app can run in guided access mode!
Refer apple doc, it states,
Temporarily restrict your iOS device to a single app
Disable areas of the screen that aren’t relevant to a task, or areas
where an accidental gesture might cause a distraction
Disable the hardware buttons
Want to put the icon for our iOS app on the iOS Notifications Screen that can be accessed when a user has not entered their passcode, so that the user can launch the app when the phone is locked without needing to input their passcode. The goal is for a very fast launch with minimum time from a locked iphone. We don't need to actually send the user a notification. Would also be great for this to work on Android, but iOS is currently more important for this feature.
What is the best way to do this using Cordova? Is there an existing plugin for this purpose?
Thanks
It is not possible to launch an iOS app without unlocking the phone/device. The notifications screen is only available once the iOS device is unlocked.
(thanks to dan)