Building kiosk app: tips and tricks

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Describes a two-app architecture: a standalone kiosk UI plus a device policy controller that provisions devices, grants permissions and controls updates. Uses QR provisioning on Android 7+ so hotels scan a code from the PMS to enroll, and an Azure storage-based OTA system where the DPC polls folders for APKs and triggers staged installs. Calls out hard lessons: long-running memory leaks (use LeakCanary), manual session analytics, Samsung lock-screen orientation bug and focus issues with custom in-app keyboards.

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1. 0:00Introduction to kiosk apps
2. 1:33Two-app architecture for kiosk
3. 6:31Why not use EMM providers
4. 7:12Device policy controller app
5. 10:48QR code provisioning setup
6. 12:33Custom update mechanism
7. 15:03CI/CD for kiosk apps
8. 17:10Advantages of kiosk development
9. 19:16Memory management challenges
10. 21:49Analytics for kiosk apps
11. 24:02Dealing with Samsung bugs
12. 26:50Android support improvements
13. 28:56Summary and Q&A

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