Install Signage App On Sony Pro Android Signage Display

Google PlayStore

Open the Play Store on your device and look for the 'zeetaminds' app. Once you find it, tap the 'Install' button to get the app. Make sure you have a Google account to install it through the Play Store. Please note that the 'Power schedule' and 'hard reboot' features won't be accessible if you install the app from the Play Store.

Kiosk Mode

Our installer app will be set up as the device owner app, ensuring the signage player app runs exclusively in kiosk mode. To achieve this, please follow the steps below to install and set up the installer app as the primary app on the device.

Note: To establish a device owner, the device should be in its initial, unconfigured state without user accounts. We recommend performing a factory reset before starting the installation.

Prerequisites:

Install ADB tools on Windows
- Download Android platform tools for Windows from this URL
- Extract the zip under C:\adb folder
- Go to the folder in Explorer
- Right-click on the folder and select "open command window."
- Now, you can run adb command in the command shell.
Install ADB tools on Linux
- Download Android platform tools for Linux from this URL
- Extract the zip file
- Open a Terminal window and go to the folder where tools are installed
- Now, you can run the adb command by ./adb

Kiosk Mode Installation

Download the installer app from this URL in your system
Factory reset your display
Enable USB debugging
- Go to the device "Settings" -> System -> About
- Find the “Android TV OS build” field and tap it seven times until you see the “You are now a developer!” toast notification on the screen.
- Now go back to settings and access “Developer options”.
- Scroll down until you find the “USB debugging” option and switch ON the toggle. When prompted, select “OK“.
Enable Simple IP control

Enable "Remote device control"
- Settings- > Network and Internet -> Remote device settings -> Control remotely -> Enable
Enable “Simple IP control"
- Settings -> Network and Internet -> Home network setup ->IP control -> Simple IP control -> Enable

Install App
- Connect your display to a computer
  - adb connect <ip address of the display >:5555
  - eg. adb connect 192.168.1.11:5555
- Install
  - adb install zminstaller.apk
- Set the app as the device owner
  - adb shell dpm set-device-owner com.zeetaminds.dev.installer.android/.ZmAdminReceiver
- Start the installer app on your display. You'll be prompted to give permission.
  - "Allow display over other app" permission should be given.
- The installer app will automatically download and install the player app
  - "Allow display over other app" permission should be given.
- You will be presented with a six-digit security code. Use this code to add the display in the CMS.
Reboot the display. The signage player will start running automatically once the reboot is completed.