Build multi-app kiosks
Last updated April 9th, 2025
Click START BUILDING to open the Kiosk Builder while configuring kiosk settings for multi-app kiosks.
- The Components tab lets you browse Apps (system apps) and Widgets (utility apps). You can drag-and-drop them to the Preview screen to add them to your kiosk.
- The Preview screen lets you preview your kiosk as you’re building it. Click the landscape or portrait icons above the preview screen to see the kiosk in landscape or portrait mode.
- The Customize tab lets you customize kiosk details, such as the layout, wallpaper, app styles, and much more.
Find apps to add
In Components > Apps:
- Use the dropdown list to see All, Public, In-house, or System apps.
- Alternatively, use the search bar to find an app by name.
Customize kiosk details
The Customize tab lets you customize your kiosk. The following settings are available:
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Layout
- 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.
- Transition effect — The screen transition effect for kiosk pages. Available effects are Slide (default), Card, Box, Bulldoze, and Corner.
- Allow last page to loop to first — Allows kiosk users to return to the first page after viewing the last page in the kiosk (disallowed by default).
- Indicator color — Lets you apply a point color for icons and page indicators.
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Wallpaper — Lets you select background wallpaper images for the kiosk. You can also specify landscape and portrait wallpaper images separately.
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Top bar — Lets you enable the Status Bar, Logo, or both. Furthermore, you can specify the bar and text colors for the Status Bar.
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Layout App styles
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App 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%).
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App name text — You can also choose to show the icon text (defaults to hidden), specify a text 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.
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Allow rearranging apps — Allows kiosk users to rearrange icons on their devices (disabled by default).
Configure widgets
The following widgets are available:
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Folder — Lets you organize apps into directories. Double-click the folder to add, delete, or move apps to it.
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Banner — Lets you add a banner to your kiosk.
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Text — Lets you add text to the kiosk.
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Calendar — Lets you add a calendar to the kiosk.
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Clock — Lets you add a clock screen to the kiosk.
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Bookmark — Lets you add a bookmark to your kiosk.
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Dialer — Lets you add a number pad to your kiosk for making calls.
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Content — Lets you share all the content files you’ve added to the kiosk’s profile.
For fully managed devices running Android 9 or higher, you must add viewer apps for corresponding content types to be able to open content.
For devices running Android 10, content can only be viewed in the My Files app. Users cannot open files downloaded from the Knox Manage agent, or launch content directly from the Knox Manage agent
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Contact — Lets you add contact information to the kiosk.
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Knox Browser — Lets you add the Knox Browser to the kiosk for secure web browsing.
Knox Browser is only available for accounts with a Knox Suite license. Before you can use the Knox Browser, you must configure the Knox Browser setting in the Browser policy.
You can configure certain widgets from their details screen, which appears when you drag an eligible widget from Components > Widgets on to the preview screen. Configuration options are widget-specific. For example, the Bookmark widget lets you customize the bookmark icon, name, and URL. Once you’ve made the necessary changes, click SAVE.
Save your kiosk
Click SAVE KIOSK. The Create policy page appears, showing a mini-preview of your kiosk.
- To edit the saved kiosk, click EDIT.
- To reset the saved kiosk, click RESET.
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