Secure dash when device is locked (Android Device Controls Panel)

[patienttruth]

Greetings,

Is there any difference as to how kiosk mode is applied to a view linked from a dash?

I have a "phone" dash that links to some "shared" views. The home assistant companion app gives this to Android for the Device Controls Panel.

The simple kiosk:true works for the phone dash, but I'm seeing my header bar and menus on the views. I've put the following into my raw config on the shared dash that contains the views, but the header and menu with "edit" still show up. I believe there are a few redundant entries, this was my attempts to get this to work.

kiosk_mode:
  entity_settings:
    - entity:
        binary_sensor.arbutus_device_locked: 'on'
        hide_dialog_header_action_items: true
        hide_overflow: true
        kiosk: true
        block_overflow: true
        hide_edit_dashboard: true
  hide_search: true
  hide_assistant: true

My goal is to "batten down the hatch" for settings and backend access when the dash is accessed from the Android "device controls" panel while the phone is locked.

Thanks!

[patienttruth]

Of note, it seems entity_settings is what's not working. As both the hide_search and hide_assistant are working on the view.

I have the entity status displayed on the dash for debugging and it shows "on" when the device is locked.

[elchininet]

Hi @patienttruth,

Check entity_settings entry in the documentation. In yaml, indentation is crucial:

kiosk_mode:
  entity_settings:
    - entity:
        input_boolean.hide_sidebar: 'on'
      hide_sidebar: true
    - entity:
        sensor.hide_header: 'on'
      hide_header: true
    - entity:
        input_text.kiosk: 'true'
      kiosk: true

For your understanding, I will translate your yaml code to json so you can spot where is the issue. You have this config:

{
  "kiosk_mode": {
    "entity_settings": [
      {
        "entity": {
          "binary_sensor.arbutus_device_locked": "on",
          "hide_dialog_header_action_items": true,
          "hide_overflow": true,
          "kiosk": true,
          "block_overflow": true,
          "hide_edit_dashboard": true
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

But it should be:

{
  "kiosk_mode": {
    "entity_settings": [
      {
        "entity": {
          "binary_sensor.arbutus_device_locked": "on"
        },
        "hide_dialog_header_action_items": true,
        "hide_overflow": true,
        "kiosk": true,
        "block_overflow": true,
        "hide_edit_dashboard": true
      }
    ]
  }
}

Regards

[patienttruth]

🤦 thank you for graciously holding my hand through this obvious oversight. 😁

It works as expected.

[elchininet]

Super, good to know 👍🏼