How to enable kiosk mode with Genymotion SaaS (Cloud)?

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Keywords: Genymotion SaaS (Cloud), kiosk mode, gmsaas command line tool, ADB

Document ID: https://support.genymotion.com/hc/en-us/articles/5619493403549-How-to-enable-kiosk-mode-with-Genymotion-SaaS-Cloud#split1

Prerequisite

Step 1: Connect your instance to ADB

Use gmsaas CLI to connect your instance to ADB. Please refer to for detailed instructions.

Step 2: Root your device

Kiosk mode can only be activated if the device is rooted.

To root the device, use the following adb command: 

adb shell setprop persist.sys.root_access 3

Then, enable root access for abd: 

adb root

The adb root command will stop and restart adb. If you wish to avoid that, you can skip this step and add "su root" after "shell" to the adb commands in the next step. For example: adb shell su root cmd activity kiosk start

Step 3: Enable kiosk mode

Launch the application you want to lock in kiosk mode and run this command:

adb shell cmd activity kiosk start

To stop kiosk mode, use the following adb command: 

adb shell cmd activity kiosk stop

In kiosk mode, the status bar is hidden and cannot be scrolled down.

Note

The article includes a status-bar behavior note.

“In kiosk mode, the status bar is hidden and cannot be scrolled down. Also, Navigation buttons are unavailable.”

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