The Lord Therion
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Hi there,
I have looked on the site but cannot find any reference to past implementations so apologies if this has been asked elsewhere.
I have been asked to create multiple touchscreen kiosks for a client which are to run multiple android apps in a "shell app" which is the main interface. Basically the end user would see a screen with a number of apps - and they would be able to switch between the apps and interact with them much as the phone as well as receiving alerts from the shell after a specific time.
For instance if a user is playing a game, and they have previously been viewing a news application, they may receive an alert from that application inviting them to switch back to it to view new content.
The end user should not be able to edit settings for the app as they would be able to on the phone etc. and the kiosks might need to be reskinned for different events, ie. different logos/background colors.
Would you think the best implementation is to:
a) customize an implementation of the android os to specifically accomodate this?
b) download a rom/theme and lock out the unwanted functionality. In this execution how much customization control do i have over the end result? can i animate how the apps appear and disappear for instance?
c) use a customizable android emulator? any recommendations?
d) some other implementation i haven't thought of
I know this is a massive ask but if anyone has any input at all it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Kai
I have looked on the site but cannot find any reference to past implementations so apologies if this has been asked elsewhere.
I have been asked to create multiple touchscreen kiosks for a client which are to run multiple android apps in a "shell app" which is the main interface. Basically the end user would see a screen with a number of apps - and they would be able to switch between the apps and interact with them much as the phone as well as receiving alerts from the shell after a specific time.
For instance if a user is playing a game, and they have previously been viewing a news application, they may receive an alert from that application inviting them to switch back to it to view new content.
The end user should not be able to edit settings for the app as they would be able to on the phone etc. and the kiosks might need to be reskinned for different events, ie. different logos/background colors.
Would you think the best implementation is to:
a) customize an implementation of the android os to specifically accomodate this?
b) download a rom/theme and lock out the unwanted functionality. In this execution how much customization control do i have over the end result? can i animate how the apps appear and disappear for instance?
c) use a customizable android emulator? any recommendations?
d) some other implementation i haven't thought of
I know this is a massive ask but if anyone has any input at all it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Kai