# \[Request\] Opening apps from tiles

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/request-opening-apps-from-tiles/117963>\
**Category:** Dashboards\
**Created:** [October 12, 2024, 3:21pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/request-opening-apps-from-tiles/117963 "2024-10-12T15:21:52Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 12, 2024, 3:21pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/request-opening-apps-from-tiles/117963/1 "2024-10-12T15:21:52Z")

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It can be very convinient to open an app from a tile in Dashboards.

For instance, you might want to browse your music with the Spotify app or add something to you shopping list app.

The way I do it now is by using Full Kiosk browser ([https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fullykiosk.singleapp](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fullykiosk.singleapp)) and “Dashboard Controller” ([Dashboard Controller App til Homey | Homey](https://homey.app/da-dk/app/nl.xseth.dashboardctrl/Dashboard-Controller/)). This app has a flow card that opens up an app. After 20 seconds of inactivity, I then close the app again in a flow, which then in turn displays the dashboard again.

This method has the added bonus of enabling tablet on/off in flows from something like a motion sensor.

After seeing the newest podcast and the Kiosk-mode-“spoiler”, I came to think that this might be something that could be incorporated in Dashboards itself, eliminating the need for the work-around.

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