Build multi-app kiosks

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).
• 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

1. 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.

2. Drag and drop the apps onto the Preview screen to add them to your kiosk. To remove an app, hover over it, then click .

Configure widgets

The following widgets are available:

• Folder — Lets you organize apps into directories. You can drag and drop up to 12 apps into a folder. To remove an app from a folder, hover over the folder with your mouse, select the (pencil icon), then click the X beside an app’s name.
• Banner — Lets you add a banner to your kiosk.
• Text — Lets you add text to the kiosk.
• Calendar — Lets you add a calendar to the kiosk.
• Clock — Lets you add a clock screen to the kiosk.
• Bookmark — Lets you add a bookmark to your kiosk.
• Dialer — Lets you add a number pad to your kiosk for making calls.
• 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, which allow users to view content, for corresponding content types.

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.

• Contact — Lets you add contact information to the kiosk.
• 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. You must configure the Knox Browser setting in the Browser policy before users can use it in the kiosk.

Certain widgets require you to configure related details when you add them to the kiosk. Configuration options are widget-specific. For example, the Bookmark widget lets you customize the bookmark icon, name, and URL. Once you make the necessary changes, click SAVE.

Customize kiosk details

The Customize tab lets you customize your kiosk. The following settings are available:

• 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 — Sets 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.

• Images

  • Wallpaper Images — Lets you select background wallpaper images for the kiosk. You can add up to 5 images. You can also set landscape and portrait wallpaper images separately.
    • Keep original wallpaper size — Sets the wallpaper to its original size.
    • Shuffle wallpapers — The kiosk shuffles between the wallpapers you set every time the user turns the device on.
  • Margin Color — Lets you set the margin or background color of the kiosk. If your wallpaper doesn’t fill the kiosk screen, the margin color displays behind it.
  • Logo image — Lets you set a small logo image at the top of the kiosk screen.

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

• Layout App styles

  • 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%).

  • App name text — You can also choose to hide the icon text (enabled by default), 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.

• Allow rearranging apps — Allows kiosk users to rearrange icons on their devices (disabled by default).

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.