Home Screen Layout Configuration

The Home screen layout configuration defines a layout of apps, folders, and web clips for the Home screen.

This section contains the following topics:

License: Silver

Eligible Devices: iOS 9.3+ Supervised Only

Defining a Home Screen Layout configuration

Procedure

  1. Go to Configurations > click + Add.
  2. Type "home" in the search field, and then click the Home Screen Layout configuration. The Home Screen Layout Configuration details page opens.

  3. Configure the settings on this page. Refer to the table in the section Home_Screen_Layout_Configuration_Settings for guidance on the values.
  4. Click Next to configure the distribution settings. For shared iPad devices, select the Device channel or the User channel. For more information, see Working with Configurations.
  5. Click Done.

Home Screen Layout Configuration settings

Setting

What To Do

Name

Enter a name that identifies this configuration.

Description

Enter a description that clarifies the purpose of this configuration.

Dock

Click the + icon to add an app or webclip to the dock of the home screen, shown highlighted here, and then follow the directions on the subsequent screens:

You can manually add system apps by typing the Apple bundle ID (starting with 'com.apple'). For example, type 'com.apple.DocumentsApp' for adding 'Files' app.

Page 1

Click the to add an app or webclip to the page area of the home screen, shown highlighted here, and then follow the directions on the subsequent screens:

You can click Add Page to add another page to the phone display.