Is it possible to deactivate the widgets on the homescreen? Maybe with a simple app or just by deleting the widget files on the device? I am using a MDM tool to configure the devices and we don't want to use a lockdown screen.
Can I create a shortcut on the homescreen for an app as well. (maybe writing an apk that sets an icon)
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When I create a Chrome App Shortcut using ... > More Tools > Create Shortcut...
it creates a Shortcut that I can pin to Start, to Taskbar or to Desktop.
When I install a Desktop Progressive Web App (PWA) it does the same.
I know that PWA have some special features like Notifications, Offline Support, etc..
My question is: regarding Windows System, are they both just shortcuts?
For creating Chrome App Shortcuts after following the steps, this does indeed create a shortcut on the desktop. But it no longer uses the favicon and it opens in a regular chrome window alongside all other chrome windows. Shortcuts aren't the same as PWAs. A shortcut opens it in a Chrome window, in a new tab. A PWA opens in it's own window, as a separate app. They are more like Chrome Web Apps when they had those in the app store, except now you don't have to go to the app store to get them. Check this blog for more details.
Trying to employ kiosk based on Chrome browser. Just Installed Kiosk app extension, everything is fine, but in Chrome's application mode there are no toolbar. I basically need "Back", "Forward", "Home" buttons. Is there any way to enable toolbar in app mode, or add it when extension creates window?
Navigation is not meaningful for Chrome Apps. It is, in fact, disabled.
So if your app changes state, you need custom controls for that state anyway.
If you have embedded web content in the app in a <webview>, then you need to make your own custom controls for that. See the browser app sample.
In my phone buttons located on the display. I cretae app and tested on phone. Apart from my app I see three dots. How to hide it?
Please help!
AIR can not hide these three dots which are back, home and task buttons that we call the on-screen navigation bar.
To do that, you can use an AIR Native Extension ( ANE ) like the AndroidFullScreen ANE.
Download the AndroidFullScreen.ane file from the same link and then add it to your AIR for Android Flash project from : File -> ActionScript Settings... -> Library Path tab and select it :
Then you can use one of examples that you can download from the same page to verify if your device can hide the Android on-screen navigation bar or not, because not all mobile devices support that ( I tested 2 mobile devices and none of them has been able to do that ).
Hope that can help.
I'm trying to develop a kiosk web application that uses Google Chrome on kiosk mode setup which loads automatically after start-up.
http://www.sitepoint.com/google-chrome-kiosk-mode/
The kiosk web application also uses a virtual keyboard plugin for Google Chrome for the text inputs.
http://xontab.com/Apps/VirtualKeyboard
I'm planning to setup a computer unit with a touch screen monitor for the kiosk.
Note: It's my first time to develop a web application that uses the kiosk mode setup for Google Chrome and I don't have a touch screen monitor for testing. I wanted to ask this question for developers that has experience with this.
My question is:
Does Google Chrome on kiosk mode setup automatically detects my touch screen monitor?
Does Google Chrome automatically enables touch features when my web application is on kiosk mode such as swipe for scrolling up and down.
A touch screen is an input device just like a computer mouse - Google Chrome receives touch events the same way it receives mouse events (although the events are different).
The annoying thing when starting working with touch screens is that the standard click event that we are used to, is triggered after a delay comparing to mouse event. You should listen for tap event or use a library such as https://github.com/ftlabs/fastclick
Making long story short developing a kiosk application integrated with a touch screen is similar to developing mobile websites. You should probably use a JavaScript library to support all kind of touch events such as tap, swipe etc. See http://hammerjs.github.io/
You may also find this website useful http://peter.sh/experiments/chromium-command-line-switches/
I know this answer is six years later but for anyone reading this. You can run Google Chrome in Kiosk Mode with custom options. This can be done by creating a new account and right clicking (in windows 10) on the icon for this account.
Under properties add the following tags to optimize the application for touchscreen use:
–-touch-events –enable-viewport
I just started developing wp8 apps coming from android. What is the equivalent UI control for an app drawer (android) to be able to quickly change from page to page? I'm looking for the control used to change from page to page in OneNote
EDIT: I found out that Windows phone 8.1 offers flyouts which can be made to look like an app drawer.
The equivalent to the android app drawer is probably the windows phone appbar, but the appbar in windows phone is not used for navigation - only settings like actions.
In windows phone, navigation is done primarily through your own interface, with heavy use of the BACK button to go to previous pages. The main class you use in windows phone is the NavigationService
I don't believe the OneNote uses standard UI components, so you would probably have to create your own
There are plenty of solid resources online that should help. Start here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsphone/develop/ff626521(v=vs.105).aspx