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Kiosk Wizard menu items

Last updated March 27th, 2025

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This section describes the menu items in the Kiosk Wizard.

Common menu items

The following menu items are available in both Single App Kiosk and Multiple App Kiosk mode.

  • Name — Enter the name of the Kiosk. Ensure that you use a name that highlights the objective and tasks that explain the use of the Kiosk device.

  • Wallpaper — Select the background wallpaper image that shows on the Kiosk device.

  • Package Name — Kiosk package name is generated automatically.

  • Orientation & Grid — Set the orientation for the Kiosk Launcher as Landscape, Portrait, or Auto Rotate. This setting doesn’t apply to the kiosk’s screen or the apps on the screen.

  • Allowlisted Apps Settings — IT admins can now configure app packages for locktask allowlists in single as well as multi-kiosk devices. You can use this control to set a list of apps that can be run on the Kiosk device even if they are not included in the single/multi-app kiosk component list.

  • Device Setting — Click Select to configure the device settings to be used in Kiosk mode. You can select one or more of all items from the following list. Each item on this list corresponds to a item in the settings menu on the Kiosk device.

    • Wi-Fi
    • Bluetooth
    • NFC
    • Mobile Data
    • Device Maintenance
    • Hotspot
    • Google Account Setup
    • Time Zone
    • Flash Light
    • Accessibility
    • Do not disturb
    • Location
    • Display
    • Lock Screen
    • Sound
    • Mobile Networks
    • Airplane Mode
    • Blue Light
    • Language
    • Smart View

Upon installation of Kiosk launchers — both single and multi-Kiosk modes — Knox Manage automatically grants call and SMS permissions to devices. Device users can then optionally choose to grant or deny additional permissions, such as notification permissions for multi-Kiosk devices, or Window overlay permission for single kiosk devices. IT admins can now choose to show the permission notification only when the Kiosk Launcher app is running. The device user can now choose to close the notification without granting any permissions to the app.

Multiple App Kiosk Menu items

The following settings are only available in the Multiple App Kiosk mode.

The add Kiosk page on the Knox Manage console

  • Orientation & Grid — Select between Landscape, Portrait, and Auto Rotate for the Kiosk Launcher orientation mode, and select a grid setting.

  • Wallpaper — Upload an image to use as the Kiosk wallpaper. Click the box to add the wallpaper image. You can upload up to 5 images. Then, click the gray box area on the Add Wallpaper Image screen.

    When Orientation & Grid is set to Auto Rotate, you can set two different wallpapers for the kiosk device — one for the landscape and another for the portrait orientation. The appropriate wallpaper is selected and displayed on the kiosk based on its orientation.

  • Margin Color — For devices that use a Kiosk background image, also known as a wallpaper, any space on the screen that does not have the wallpaper is filled with black or white color as selected. If the dimensions of your wallpaper image do not match the dimensions of your screen, you can choose to keep the original dimensions. Doing so creates margins around the wallpaper image. The margin color is determined by the settings you’ve selected for the Margin Color field.

    • Keep Original Size — Check to use the original size of the image.
    • Random Play — Check to show the registered wallpapers in random order.

  • Screen Composition — You can add a status bar and logo on a customized Kiosk device.

    • When adding a status bar, click Bar to select a color for the bar and click Text to select a color for the text that displays on the bar.
    • When adding a logo, click Logo on the Preview screen. You can add an image from the Add Logo Image screen.

  • Icon Size — Icon size can be adjusted from 50% to 100%.

  • Screen Lock — Select the screen lock options for a Kiosk device. You can set the screen lock password for Kiosk mode, and you must deploy the policy if you want to change the password.

    The Kiosk Screen Lock only restricts access to the Kiosk launcher (Home) screen. To prevent access to previously used applications, use the device screen lock feature.

  • Icon Text — Choose whether to show or hide the icon text. If you select Show, you can also configure the style, such as the font color and shadow options.

  • Rearrange — Check to allow users to rearrange icons on the device.

  • Point Color — Set the color to be applied to the icons and page indicator in the launcher.

  • Page Rotation — Choose whether to allow users to return to the first page from the last page of Kiosk mode.

  • Effect — Select an effect for turning page, from: Slide, Card, Box, Bulldoze and Corner.

This document was updated for the Knox cloud services 25.04 UAT.

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This section describes menu items in the Kiosk Wizard.

Single App Mode menu items

Kiosk Wizard single mode menu

The following menu items are available for Single App Mode:

  • Name — Enter a name for the kiosk that represents its intended use.

  • Package Name — The autogenerated kiosk package name.

  • Orientation & Grid — Sets the screen orientation for the Kiosk Launcher as Landscape, Portrait, or Auto Rotate. This setting doesn’t apply to the kiosk’s screen or the apps on the screen.

  • Allowlisted Apps Settings — Lets you whitelist specific apps so that they can be run in the kiosk device, even if they are not included in the single- or multi-app kiosk component list.

  • Device Setting — Allows selecting one or more device settings to be used in Kiosk mode, such as Wi-Fi, Hotspot, Time Zone, and so on. Each setting corresponds to a Settings menu item on the kiosk device.

    Device users can optionally grant or deny additional permissions, such as notification permissions for multi-kiosk devices, or the Window overlay permission for single kiosk devices. As an IT admin, you can set permission notifications to only appear when the Kiosk Launcher is running.

  • Component – Lets you browse components, and drag-and-drop them to the Preview screen. Additionally, you can use Add System Application to add a system app.

Multi Apps Mode menu items

Kiosk Wizard multi app mode menu

The following menu items are available for Multi Apps Mode:

  • Name — Enter a name for the kiosk that represents its intended use.

  • Package Name — The autogenerated kiosk package name.

  • Orientation & Grid — Sets the screen orientation as Landscape, Portrait, or Auto Rotate. This setting doesn’t apply to the kiosk’s screen or on-screen apps.

  • Allowlisted Apps Settings — Lets you whitelist specific apps so that they can be run in the kiosk device, even if they are not included in the single- or multi-app kiosk component list.

    Device users can optionally grant or deny additional permissions, such as notification permissions for multi-kiosk devices, or the window overlay permission for single kiosk devices. As an IT admin, you can set permission notifications to only appear when the Kiosk Launcher is running.

  • Wallpaper — Lets you select up to five background wallpaper images for the kiosk. You can also specify a margin color, keep the original wallpaper size, and choose to randomly display available wallpapers.

  • Under Advance Setting:

    • Screen Composition – Lets you enable the Status Bar, Logo, or both. Furthermore, you can specify the bar and text colors for the Status Bar.

    • Icon Size – Lets you resize icons by a specific percentage to optimize how much visual space they occupy (defaults to 70% of icon size, maximum 100%). You can also choose to show or hide the icon text, specify a background color, and apply a shadow effect.

      If shown, the icon text might not fit on the screen due to icon size, grid, and device resolution.

  • Point Color – Lets you apply a point color for icons and page indicators.

  • Screen Lock – Allows setting a 4-digit password, or a 6-10 digit or Alphanumeric password for the kiosk device screen lock. The default value is Disabled, implying no screen lock password is applied.

    This setting only restricts access to the kiosk home screen. To prevent access to previously used applications, use the device screen lock feature. For enhanced security, we recommend enabling Set Default Screen Lock.

  • Rearrange – Allows kiosk users to rearrange icons on their devices (disabled by default).

  • Device Setting — Allows selecting one or more device settings to be used in Kiosk mode, such as Wi-Fi, Hotspot, Time Zone, and so on. Each setting corresponds to a Settings menu item on the kiosk device.

  • Page Rotation – Allows kiosk users to return to the first page after viewing the last page in the kiosk (disallowed by default).

  • Effect – The screen transition effect for kiosk pages. Available effects are Slide (default), Card, Box, Bulldoze, and Corner.

  • Component – Lets you browse components, and drag-and-drop them to the Preview screen. You can also use Add System Application to add a system app.

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