How to make a mobile app stay on top?

Question

I am developing a mobile application for Windows Mobile. I would like the application to be launched by default by the system at startup and so that users cannot minimize it.

Thus, only this application is available, all other functions are disabled.

I am sure I can determine the launcher that runs at startup. But some problems come to my mind: can there be some memory optimizations? I mean, only one application is available and in use, maybe some other programs may be disabled, which may allow less memory to be used?

Do you have any links for this purpose?

EDIT : Thanks for your answers. I read your links about kiosk mode and found another very interesting post about this topic: this blog

It says that for kiosk applications, in the long run, it is better to use Windows CE instead of Windows Mobile, because the former is easier to adapt to these needs.

Answer 1

You may be able to post more useful materials later, but now I can tell you that the term you want to find on Google is: “kiosk mode”.

Update - useful stuff (hopefully)

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