It may seem a bad and useless idea to an iPad user, but suppose the iPad belongs to a restaurant and it wants to show it’s menu to the customer on iPad for god knows what marketing reasons.
The restaurant’s goal is that the user can only use the app which shows the menu and nothing else. He shouldn’t be able to close the app without shutting down the device because the restaurant is afraid that the user may change some settings, e.g. uninstall the app. Also, if he or the personel do shut down the iPad, the app should autostart right after the device boots.
From what I found, it is not possible on a non-jailbroken device, see e.g.:
Make iPad Single App Device (or startup lock?)
Am I right here? Is it really NOT possible on a non-jailbroken device?
The restaurant of course doesn’t plan to publish the app anywhere, so Apple’s approval is not the factor here. The restaurant just doesn’t wish to do the additional effort for jailbreaking many devices (it’s unreliable, voids warranty etc). The restaurant also doesn’t want to let the user install the app on his own device, the app should be only on the restaurant’s device.
Even if this would work, a question arises how the tech support would uninstall or update such an app, since it’s locking the device completely. From the app itself?
Thanks!
If that iPad is belonging to some restaurant they should encase the device in some sort of casing wich should cover the home and power buton. Problem solved! 😛