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Edit an Allowed Application

The user can edit different aspects of allowed applications such as Label, Icon, Password, Hide Icon in Home Screen.

To edit an Allowed Application, follow these steps:

1.  Access SureLock Admin Settings.

2.  On Admin Settings screen, tap Allowed Applications.

3.  On Allowed Applications screen, tap Visible Apps and then tap Edit icon of the application.

4.  On Application Settings screen, the user can edit the following options:

     Label - Name of the application

     Icon - App icon for the application

     Password - Access application by setting a password

     Hide Icon in Home Screen - Hide application's icon in Home Screen

     Launch at Startup - Launches the application when the device is switched ON

     Restart app on relaunch - Restart the application on its relaunch

     Clear Data on Launch - Clears the data on application launch

      Runtime Permissions – Admin can restrict or allow the following runtime permissions for the application:

  • Camera
  • Microphone
  • Location
  • Contacts
  • Storage
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This feature is available for the devices running Android Marshmallow and above/ Samsung Knox/ Platform Signed.

     Allow Child Windows - Restrict or allows the access to a specific child windows of the application.
      For example, Camera app can be used to capture both photo and video. The admins can use this feature to restrict the video camera by disabling the video camera child windows.

      Current Path - Path of the folder in which the application is saved. This is helpful if the allowed applications are arranged in folders.

     App Idle Timeout - Configure a specific period of device inactive time after which SureLock will auto-redirect the device screen to SureLock Home Screen.

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To configure App Idle Timeout, enable Idle Timeout option under **Admin Settings \ SureLock Settings \ TimeOut Settings.

Page Number - Configure the page number where the application will appear in both portrait and landscape modes.

Application Position - Specify the position of the application on the SureLock home screen.

 5.  Tap Done.