I'm not experienced with Android. I want to setup some tablets in such a way, that the gadgets are locked to just one web-app. I think it should be somehow locked to a Browser (which in turn should open directly after the launch of the tablet with the login page of the web-app set as default) and the browser should be locked to a particular web-app/ set of urls.
Can somebody recommend tools/ resources or solutions for my purpose?
I am sure the task itself is not a big deal and I am searching for a solution to keep it as simple as possible without investing to much time to learn or to develop a special webView app for that purpose.
You can use the Android Management API to set up a device locked on the Chrome browser and configure Chrome to be locked on a single website, the policy JSON below does just that. To set up a device you can follow the quick start guide.
Here is a policy to lock a device on Chrome and restrict Chrome to stackoverflow.com:
{
"applications": [
{
"packageName": "com.android.chrome",
"installType": "FORCE_INSTALLED",
"managed_configuration": {
"URLBlacklist": ["*"],
"URLWhitelist": ["stackoverflow.com"]
},
"lockTaskAllowed": true,
"defaultPermissionPolicy": "GRANT"
}
],
"persistentPreferredActivities": [
{
"receiverActivity": "com.android.chrome",
"actions": [
"android.intent.action.MAIN"
],
"categories": [
"android.intent.category.HOME",
"android.intent.category.DEFAULT"
]
}
],
"statusBarDisabled": true
}