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[[Image:SmartSign01.jpg|thumb|Smart Sign icon]]
 
[[Image:SmartSign01.jpg|thumb|Smart Sign icon]]
 
'''Smart Sign''' is a special app that shows product specs and is installed on the "Smart Sign" iPads inside Apple Stores. This app can’t be exited with the home button. There is a gesture to quit apps on "Smart Sign" [[iPad]]s which is shared on a need to know basis among employees. The gesture does not return you to the home screen but returns you to [[AppleConnect]].
 
'''Smart Sign''' is a special app that shows product specs and is installed on the "Smart Sign" iPads inside Apple Stores. This app can’t be exited with the home button. There is a gesture to quit apps on "Smart Sign" [[iPad]]s which is shared on a need to know basis among employees. The gesture does not return you to the home screen but returns you to [[AppleConnect]].
The app itself is not what disables the home button; it is system-wide and enforced by SpringBoard. The key in com.apple.springboard.plist is SBStoreDemoAppLock to enable this functionality.
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The app itself is not what disables the home button; it is system-wide and enforced by SpringBoard. The key SBStoreDemoAppLock in com.apple.springboard.plist enables this functionality. A disassembly of Springboard.app/Springboard reveals that there is no gesture support built in to Springboard to emulate the home button. However, the Smart Sign app may have a gesture recognizer that performs an "exit(0)" call to quit the app.
 
== External Links ==
 
== External Links ==
 
* [http://www.cultofmac.com/how-the-smart-sign-ipad-displays-at-your-local-apple-store-actually-work/106160 Cult Of Mac]: How the Smart Sign iPads at Your Local Apple Store Actually Work
 
* [http://www.cultofmac.com/how-the-smart-sign-ipad-displays-at-your-local-apple-store-actually-work/106160 Cult Of Mac]: How the Smart Sign iPads at Your Local Apple Store Actually Work

Revision as of 18:41, 9 October 2011

Summary

File:SmartSign01.jpg
Smart Sign icon

Smart Sign is a special app that shows product specs and is installed on the "Smart Sign" iPads inside Apple Stores. This app can’t be exited with the home button. There is a gesture to quit apps on "Smart Sign" iPads which is shared on a need to know basis among employees. The gesture does not return you to the home screen but returns you to AppleConnect. The app itself is not what disables the home button; it is system-wide and enforced by SpringBoard. The key SBStoreDemoAppLock in com.apple.springboard.plist enables this functionality. A disassembly of Springboard.app/Springboard reveals that there is no gesture support built in to Springboard to emulate the home button. However, the Smart Sign app may have a gesture recognizer that performs an "exit(0)" call to quit the app.

External Links

  • Cult Of Mac: How the Smart Sign iPads at Your Local Apple Store Actually Work
  • iDownloadBlog: An Exclusive Look Inside Apple’s Smart Sign
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