Error using the “App Lock” configuration profile setting (aka “kiosk mode”) with an iPad/iOS6.0

Question

Background:

Apple provides a \"kiosk mode\" for their iPads as part of iOS6 which locks the device into one application (even boots directly into the app too). Great for

Answer 1

I figured it out! I'm either misreading it or Apple left out a little detail in their configuration profile reference . In order to avoid the error, the "Identifier"/bundleId key/value pair has to be wrapped in a dictionary, itself the value of a key named "App". See below:

  
    PayloadContent
    
      
        App
        
          Identifier
          bundle_identifier_of_the_app
        
        PayloadType
        com.apple.app.lock
        PayloadIdentifier
        #######-#######-#######-######
        PayloadUUID
        #######-#######-#######-######
        PayloadVersion
        #
      
    
    PayloadType
    Configuration
    PayloadDisplayName
    ##########
    PayloadIdentifier
    ######-#####-######-#####
    PayloadUUID
    ######-######-#####-#####
    PayloadVersion
    #