how to create dotnet 8 MAUI Android App Launcher app

Question

I am trying to build an app launcher kind of application so that once the Android OS boots it will directly open my application and the user will have no access to anything else not even the taskbar & navigation buttons.

Is this achievable if yes can some one share sample app or code

Answer 1

Hello,

so that once the Android OS boots it will directly open my application

For this need, you could use a broadcast receiver to implement app autostart. Please refer to Statically registering a Broadcast Receiver with an Intent Filter, although this document is under Xamarin.Android, but the implementation still works with MAUI.

and the user will have no access to anything else not even the taskbar & navigation buttons.

You can't completely block user navigation events, which is a limitation made by Google at the system level.

In Android, you could hide Android's system bar by fullscreen to achieve a similar effect.

Please refer to the following thread and Android documentation.

• Hide system bars for immersive mode.
• Xamarin form android hide Navigation/status always.

Best Regards,

Alec Liu.

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