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I am developing an Android app for my organization, which will not be available on the Play Store. The app will only be installed on company-owned devices. I want the app to hide the navigation "home" and "recent apps" buttons as soon as it starts, so that the user cannot exit the app.

I initially set the app as a device owner using ADB, but this approach is not feasible as a laptop may not always be available. I also tried running ADB shell commands from within the app, but that method did not work. Is there a way to set the app as a device owner without relying on ADB, or is there a different approach to hide the navigation buttons when the app starts?

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  • for same reasons you should also hide/lock notifications tray. afaik what you want to achieve is possible only with some EMM system probably... adb way is just for testing purposes Commented Jan 10, 2024 at 13:46

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Just leave your application in full screen mode as documented in this documentation -> Android Full Screen

Or can you make this -> https://stackoverflow.com/a/51655122/9130794

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op said "so that the user cannot exit the app" - your resolution makes these buttons just hide but well-known gesture (swipe from bottom) will reveal them...
Sorry but I'm sure you can't do this by code, maybe there is a way to do this as a user of the device but automatically through code, I'm sure you can't do this as it would be a huge security hole considering that any troll app could do this and ruin the cell phone.

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