You can download the full source code used in this article from this Github repository. there must be some kind of 'hot-key' tied to this. Every time I hit the lower 'D' key on the controller, the 'preferences window pops up'. You can check it out here – Developing kiosk-mode applications in Android i have the NI S88 MK2 Midi Keyboard Controller (full size piano keyboard). Update: I wrote another post which provides a high-level overview of what all things are required to develop a “ kiosk-mode” Android application. Although a full-fledged launcher app like the ones that come with Android phones has many features built into them, but you can use this as a basic building block and start writing a more advanced and complex launcher as you learn.įor those who wants to investigate further, do take a look at the default launcher application code here: Android Stock Launcher App That’s it, you now have your own custom launcher application. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks. The tap on the Home button shows you a chooser dialog from which you can select the appropriate Launcher app. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. homescreen.xmlġ 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Īs it’s a Launcher app, so when you install it you don’t get to see anything unless you tap on the home button. Public class AppsLoader extends AsyncTaskLoader > Ī simple layout file to embed the grid fragment. Here is the code to load the applications list asynchronously, we’re using a custom AsyncTaskLoader class, later we’ll hook it up in our fragment class using the Android Loaders. AsyncTaskLoader to asynchronously load applications Now as we have finished with the manifest file, let’s add some code to display the list of installed applications in our Home Screen, this way we can at least use the app after installing. Display installed applications in our custom homescreen Android looks for this particular intent filter and whenever you install your app with this intent-filter set then your application will appear in the list of installed launchers (a tap on the Home button will reveal the list). Scroll to the bottom and expand Advanced. Once there, enable the Restart widgets on resume option. Tap and hold the Volume down button to bring up the Labs menu. The important line in the above XML file is, this intent-filter allows you to set your application as Home Screen application. Tap and hold on the Home Screen to open Nova Launcher Menu.
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