Web Content

1. Home URLCopy Anchor Link

Configure the Home URL, which can be returned to as per Web Browsing -> Allow Go Home.

Default: https://webviewkiosk.nktnet.uk

2. Blacklist & Whitelist RegexCopy Anchor Link

Specify regular expressions (regex), one per line. Escaping is required for special characters in regex like . and ?.

These patterns also use partial matching. If you need strict control, anchor your regex with ^ and $.

Whitelist patterns take precedence over blacklist patterns.

Default: (blank)

2.1. Blacklist ExampleCopy Anchor Link

Block all:

.*

Block google, including all subdomains and paths:

^https://.*\.?google\.com/?.*

2.2. Whitelist ExampleCopy Anchor Link

Allow the https://trusted.org home page, as well as its subdomains and paths, to bypass the blacklist:

^https://trusted\.org(/.*)?$
^https://.*\.trusted\.org(/.*)?$

2.3. Regex PlaygroundCopy Anchor Link

3. BookmarksCopy Anchor Link

Specify bookmarked URLs one per line. Blank lines will be ignored.

This is accessible in the address bar. See the relevant setting Web Browsing -> Allow Bookmark Access.

You can also specify a title for display in the format: <URL> | <Title>.

For example:

https://webviewkiosk.nktnet.uk | Webview Kiosk

https://duckduckgo.com | DuckDuckGo

https://f-droid.org | F-Droid

Default: (blank)

4. Support PDF RenderingCopy Anchor Link

Set to true to support PDF Rendering using Mozilla's PDF.js renderer:

• https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js

You will first need to download the renderer by opening the popup menu for this setting and clicking the Download PDF.js assets button.

Remote PDF files are loaded through a dummy endpoint:

• https://pdf-dummy.webviewkiosk.nktnet.uk?wk_pdf_url=[SAMPLE_PDF_URL].pdf

which gets locally routed to the downloaded PDF.js renderer using the WebViewAssetLoader API:

• https://developer.android.com/reference/androidx/webkit/WebViewAssetLoader

Default: false

5. Allow Local FilesCopy Anchor Link

Allow the WebView to open local files such as HTML, PDF, images, audio, video and text. Upload and manage these files under Settings → Web Content → Manage Local Files.

When this setting is enabled, open the uploaded files from the Files action in the address bar menu () or the kiosk control panel (if that action is configured).

Default: true

6. Enable Content BlockingCopy Anchor Link

Enable to block ads, malware and trackers using filter lists.

In Settings → Web Content → Content Blocking, you can add lists of the following types:

Default: true

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