Lock Tablet Down to Single App?

I have been asked to create a solution for one of the students at our school. (Our kids have autisim and severe learning difficulties, and can get a bit carried away on PC devices).

Hi parents want to Skype with him from home.

We need a setup whereby only Skype is accessible on the device, no other apps or functions available.

First thoughts are to create an appinventor app with webviewer and run Skype inside that (haven't tried it) and make it so the only way out of the app is to turn off the device. This is all the device would be used for and it could be prepared in advance (switched on/setup) of handing to the student.

Welcome any thoughts or other ideas on how to do this? ( I could look at other face to face video chats, e.g. talky.io, if integration is better)

--

I don't know if that can be made with ai. I think not. What you want is use kiosk mode in the tablet. There a several apps for that available on Google Play. Maybe some of them are usefull.

For instance:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.adsi.kioware.client.mobile.app
KioWare Introduction Video

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.promobitech.mobilock
MobiLock

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.procoit.kioskbrowser
Kiosk Browser for Android Basics

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.telelogos.standalonekiosk

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gears42.surefox
Turn Your Android Tablets and iPads Into Web Based Kiosks With SureFox

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gears42.surelock
SureLock - Kiosk Lockdown Solution

--

Thanks, kiosk mode looks the way to go :)

--

For info

We are trying out the Surelock app from 42gears, seemed the most comprehensive. 
SureLock - Kiosk Lockdown Solution

It is only a trial version, so default password is shown on screen, but you have to know the number of taps required to be able to see it. Will see if our autistic but computer geek of a student can figure it out :)

--

Unleash the power of Kiosk Apps

--