How to set custom launcher app with navigation bar in Knox Configure
Last updated June 27th, 2025
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- Knox Configure
Overview
This article guides you through how to set up a custom launcher in Knox Configure without kiosk mode, which maintains the Samsung Settings app and navigation bar functionality.
If you set a custom launcher application in kiosk mode, the Samsung Settings app and navigation bar are disabled.
How do I set a custom launcher with the navigation bar using Knox Configure?
Ensure you perform the steps below correctly, or your device may enter a boot loop.
Prerequisite: The custom launcher you select must be a launcher application. To specify an application as a launcher, include the following text in its manifest.xml
file.
<category android:name="android.intent.category.HOME" />
To set a custom launcher on your device with the Settings app and navigation bar:
- Navigate to the Configure Settings page of your Knox Configure profile.
- Go to Applications, widgets, and content > Add apps, widgets, and content and click ADD APPLICATIONS TO PROFILE.
- Click ADD NEW APPLICATION and upload your APK file with the custom launcher.
- Select the uploaded app and click Add.
- Go to Applications, widgets, and content > Application restrictions, and then under Disable the usage of other applications enter
com.sec.android.app.launcher
. - Click Save and assign your devices to the profile.
Your device can now use a custom launcher without kiosk mode.
How do I recover a device that is boot looping from a launcher error?
If your device is boot looping:
- Follow the steps on how to factory reset your device in Push a device command.
- In the Knox Configure profile, make any necessary changes to the configuration.
- Push your profile changes to the device.
Alternatively, you can unassign the device from Knox Configure to resolve the issue.
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