Screen pinning 3rd party apps programmatically

Question

After achieving device ownership, I am trying to implement a method to instruct the device to lock any given app into kiosk mode (or screen pinning mode). Since I have devic

Answer 1

Here's a code snippet that should get you going:

DevicePolicyManager myDevicePolicyManager = (DevicePolicyManager) getSystemService(Context.DEVICE_POLICY_SERVICE);
mDeviceAdminSample = new ComponentName(this, DeviceAdminSample.class);

if (myDevicePolicyManager.isDeviceOwnerApp(this.getPackageName())) {
    // Device owner
    String[] packages = {this.getPackageName()};
    myDevicePolicyManager.setLockTaskPackages(mDeviceAdminSample, packages);
} else {
    // Not a device owner - prompt user or show error
}

if (myDevicePolicyManager.isLockTaskPermitted(this.getPackageName())) {
    // Lock allowed
    startLockTask();
} else {
    // Lock not allowed - show error or something useful here
}