Cordova single purpose applicaion plugin for Android. The plugin make user can't excapt from you app because your app is device owner it cann't unpin. your app will start when boot complete or upgrade complete, It is available after Android 5.0 bacause it using the LockTask mode feature .

cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-android-kiosk

Kiosk is a cordova.plugin.kiosk.Kiosk to lock or unlock you app to the Only one app.

lock or unlock the app to Single Pourse device

function success(message){
    console.log("success");
}

function error(message){
    console.log("error: reason is " + message);
}

Kiosk.lock(success, error, boolean enable); // the boolean parameter is enable or disable this mode.

check the current lock state.

function success(message){
    console.log("locked = " + message); //true or false.
}
Kiosk.isLocked(success)

you could switch the launcher using switchLauncher, it will unlock and show launcher chooser.

Kiosk.switchLauncher();

you have to set you app to the device owner forllow google AOSP design.

adb shell dpm set-device-owner com.example.template/.kiosk.plugin.MyAdmin

the setting will sotren at /data/system/device_policy.xml(before android 6.0) /data/system/device_policy_2.xml(> android 6.0)

First, create a file device_owner.xml with following content:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<root>
    <device-owner package="com.myDomain.myPackage" name="" component="com.example.template/com.example.template.kiosk.plugin.MyAdmin" userRestrictionsMigrated="true" />
</root>

on android 8.0

/data/system # cat device_owner_2.xml
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8' standalone='yes' ?>
<root>
<device-owner package="com.example.template" name="" component="com.example.template/com.example.template.kiosk.plugin.MyAdmin" userRestrictionsMigrated="true" />
<device-owner-context userId="0" />
</root>

chown system:system device_owner.xml

the cordova plugin source and target tag in plugin.xml is sutable for my project, the package name is com.example.template, if your project name is different, please using your pakcage name instand of it.