An iPhone version is in the works.
A pet that walks across the home screen.
If the phone allows it, the Egolino comes out of his house and walks around on the home screen, above the app icons. Android only: it needs one permission, and a grown-up can take it back at any time.
Egolino Kids / On the home screen
Today I was outside for the first time. So much space!
A real sentence from his diary in the app.
IN HIS ROOM
WHAT HE DOES OUT THERE
He walks
He walks, climbs and sits down on his own. Toss him and he falls, lands and gets back up.
He can be moved
Drag him aside and let go. He lands and carries on.
He writes it down
His trips outside end up in his diary in the app.
WHY ONLY ANDROID
Android lets an app show something above other apps if this is allowed. The permission is called “display over other apps”. Without it, the Egolino stays in his house in the app.
An iPhone doesn't allow a figure like this on the home screen. An iPhone version is in the works.
FOR PARENTS
He only goes outside after someone taps “Send to home screen” in the app. Android then shows its own permission screen. The permission can be taken back in the phone's settings under Apps, Egolino Kids. He then stays inside the app.
Needed: an Android phone with Android 9 or newer. Nothing extra is sent or stored for this; he simply walks on the screen.
QUESTIONS
Does he get in the way?
He can be dragged aside. If the permission is taken back, he stays in the app.
Which permission does he need?
“Display over other apps”. Android asks when he is let out, and it can be taken back in the settings.
Is this the same as a desktop pet?
A little figure that walks around on the screen, yes. In Egolino Kids he also has a house in the app, plays there and keeps a diary.
