Webview Kiosk

Turn your Android device into a locked-down web page in fullscreen mode.

AppID:	uk.nktnet.webviewkiosk
Author:	Khiet Tam Nguyen
License:	AGPL-3.0-or-later
Donation:
InRepoSince:	2025-09-23
LastRepoUpdate:	2026-03-27
LastAppUpdate:	Unknown
LastVersion:	0.26.6
Categories:	Browser, Internet, Security
APK source:	Github
Google Play:	Check if it's there

Webview Kiosk is a free and open-source Android application for secure, kiosk-style web browsing.

It can function as digital signage, a kid-friendly restricted browser, an immersive web reader, an interactive sign-up form, a home assistant dashboard, or simply a wall clock.

Designed for small businesses and device owners who are looking for a simple and standalone Kiosk solution.

Key Features

Core / Standalone

- Lock Task Mode (Pin): prevent access to your device's home screen, apps and status bar
- Secure Settings: configurations are protected by biometrics, device credentials or custom password
- URL Filtering: use regular expressions to control web access through a URL blacklist and whitelist
- Export/Import: backup and restore user settings in Base64 or JSON format
- Local files: display an image, audio, video, or HTML file in kiosk mode from your device
- Default Launcher: use as the home app and launch other apps in lock task mode (kiosk)

Remote Management / Enterprise

1. MQTT (Message Queuing Telemetry Transport)

- Monitor events, update settings, execute commands and build custom automations using the API
- Requires an MQTT broker (e.g. Mosquitto, EMQX, HiveMQ, or their HomeAssistant integrations)

2. UnifiedPush

- Send commands and update settings via a decentralised push notification system
- Requires a distributor application (e.g. sunup, ntfy, gCompat-UP)

3. Managed Configurations (App Restrictions)

- For fully-managed (company-owned) devices, settings can be remotely configured via an MDM/EMM provider
- Advanced users using a device policy controller (e.g. Test DPC or OwnDroid) can also enforce configurations locally

For more details, visit https://webviewkiosk.nktnet.uk

Permissions

- INTERNET: for general web browsing
- CAMERA: (optional) for use with web apps that requires photo/video capture
- RECORD_AUDIO: (optional) for use with web apps that requires audio capture
- MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS: for routing audio (microphone will not work without this)
- ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION: (optional) for web apps that needs precise geolocation
- ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION: (optional) for web apps that needs approximate geolocation
- QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES: to find launchable apps, device owners and lock task packages
- POST_NOTIFICATIONS: (optional) for lock task mode (kiosk) launches and MQTT
- FOREGROUND_SERVICE: for persistent notification and management with lock task and MQTT
- FOREGROUND_SERVICE_SPECIAL_USE: provides a return mechanism for opening apps in kiosk
- USE_BIOMETRIC: replaces USE_FINGERPRINT from Android 9 onwards
- USE_FINGERPRINT: use fingerprint hardware when accessing settings or unlocking kiosk
- WAKE_LOCK: to optionally wake the screen when receiving MQTT commands
- WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE: for downloading files in Android 9.0 (SDK 28) and below
- API (Dhizuku): to request shared device owner privileges

Contact

Questions/Feature Requests

- https://github.com/nktnet1/webview-kiosk/discussions

Bugs/Issues

- https://github.com/nktnet1/webview-kiosk/issues

Other

- support@webviewkiosk.nktnet.uk

Alternatives

- Fully Kiosk Browser Lockdown (feature-rich, but not a free kiosk solution)
- Web Kiosk (FOSS, developed by Screenlite)
- FreeKiosk (FOSS, developed by Rushb-fr)

WhatsNew:

## Changes

- fix: crash on elapsed time in inactivity reset and screen dimming

Hint: This app is available in both, F-Droid Main and IzzyOnDroid repos.

Download Website Source Issues ChangeLog

While you can download the APKs here directly, you should preferably use an F-Droid client so the app stays up-to-date on your device.

Packages

Version 0.26.6 (2026-03-27)

Android Versions:

Target: 16.0
MinVer: 5.0
ABIs: arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64

Permissions:

Malware-Check:Passed

15 Libraries detected:

Libraries:

Android Support v4 (Development Framework)
The Android Support Library is not actually a single library, but rather a collection of libraries that can roughly be divided into two groups: compatibility and component libraries. For details, please see Understanding the Android Support Library.
AppCompat (Utility)
support newer Android features on older Android versions.
Jetpack Compose (Development Framework)
a framework to define UIs programmatically with composable functions that describe its shape and data dependencies.
Androidx Core (Utility)
a static library that you can add to your Android application in order to use APIs that are either not available for older platform versions or utility APIs that aren't a part of the framework APIs.
Android Emoji2 Compat (UI Component)
core library to enable emoji compatibility in Kitkat and newer devices to avoid the empty emoji characters.
Androidx Graphics (Utility)
leverages graphics facilities across multiple Android platform releases.
Lifecycle (Utility)
perform actions in response to a change in the lifecycle status of another component, such as activities and fragments.
ProfileInstaller (Utility)
AndroidX library that enables libraries to prepopulate ahead of time compilation traces to be read by ART.
Startup (Utility)
AndroidX library to implement a straightforward, performant way to initialize components at app startup.
Android Jetpack VersionedParcelable (Utility)
Provides a stable but relatively compact binary serialization format that can be passed across processes or persisted safely.
Google Protocol Buffers (Utility)
library that deals with Protocol Buffers (a.k.a., protobuf) – Google's language-neutral, platform-neutral, extensible mechanism for serializing structured data.
Netty Project (Development Framework)
an event-driven asynchronous network application framework.
Webkit Boundary Interfaces (Utility)
Chromium WebView helpers
JCTools (Utility)
Java Concurrency Tools for the JVM. This project aims to offer some concurrent data structures currently missing from the JDK.
UnifiedPush android-connector (Utility)
a library that can be used by an end user application to receive notifications from any unified push provider.

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Version 0.26.5 (2026-03-10)

Android Versions:

Target: 16.0
MinVer: 5.0
ABIs: arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64

Permissions:

Malware-Check:Passed

16 Libraries detected:

Libraries:

Android Support v4 (Development Framework)
The Android Support Library is not actually a single library, but rather a collection of libraries that can roughly be divided into two groups: compatibility and component libraries. For details, please see Understanding the Android Support Library.
AppCompat (Utility)
support newer Android features on older Android versions.
Jetpack Compose (Development Framework)
a framework to define UIs programmatically with composable functions that describe its shape and data dependencies.
Androidx Core (Utility)
a static library that you can add to your Android application in order to use APIs that are either not available for older platform versions or utility APIs that aren't a part of the framework APIs.
Android Emoji2 Compat (UI Component)
core library to enable emoji compatibility in Kitkat and newer devices to avoid the empty emoji characters.
Androidx Graphics (Utility)
leverages graphics facilities across multiple Android platform releases.
Lifecycle (Utility)
perform actions in response to a change in the lifecycle status of another component, such as activities and fragments.
ProfileInstaller (Utility)
AndroidX library that enables libraries to prepopulate ahead of time compilation traces to be read by ART.
Startup (Utility)
AndroidX library to implement a straightforward, performant way to initialize components at app startup.
Android Jetpack VersionedParcelable (Utility)
Provides a stable but relatively compact binary serialization format that can be passed across processes or persisted safely.
Google Protocol Buffers (Utility)
library that deals with Protocol Buffers (a.k.a., protobuf) – Google's language-neutral, platform-neutral, extensible mechanism for serializing structured data.
Netty Project (Development Framework)
an event-driven asynchronous network application framework.
Webkit Boundary Interfaces (Utility)
Chromium WebView helpers
JCTools (Utility)
Java Concurrency Tools for the JVM. This project aims to offer some concurrent data structures currently missing from the JDK.
AndroidHiddenApiBypass (Utility)
library to bypass restrictions on non-SDK interfaces.
UnifiedPush android-connector (Utility)
a library that can be used by an end user application to receive notifications from any unified push provider.

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Webview Kiosk

Packages

Version 0.26.6 (2026-03-27)

Android Versions:

Permissions:

Features:

Malware-Check:Passed

15 Libraries detected:

Version 0.26.5 (2026-03-10)

Android Versions:

Permissions:

Features:

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16 Libraries detected:

Version 0.26.4 (2026-03-08)

Android Versions:

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