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How do you create a Chrome OS emulator?

What are the steps needed to create a Chrome OS virtual device in Android Studio (or from the command line)? I see that you can choose "Chrome OS Device" in the Device Manager, but when I choose that I get an error that says "No system images…
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Is there a way to detect USB devices in an Android application on ChromeOS?

The device must be in USB Host mode to use the UsbManager class. However, when checking if the app is in USB Host mode using packagemanager.hasSystemFeature(PackageManager.FEATURE_USB_HOST), it always returns false. Apparently, USB Host is an…
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how to detect chromebook is in tablet mode or in laptop mode android

I am supporting my app into Chromebook. Does anybody know that in android, how to detect that Chromebook is in tablet mode or in laptop mode?
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How to access Chromebook Settings from Android app?

I am trying to open a specific Settings page in a Chromebook using my Android app (Settings -> Device -> Storage Management -> External storage preferences). My app reads/writes the USB drive, and I need to ensure that this is enabled. If this is…
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Why do new Activities create new Windows on ChromeOS? How to constrain them to just one window?

Problem I have a simple Android app with 3 activities: Login, Browse_Catalog, and View_Item. On ChromeOS, I expected the Activities to stack in a single window. Instead, each Activity is appearing in its own, independently managed window on…
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Android AudioManager not working as expected on Chrome OS

When running my Android App on Chromebook, all my audio changes via AudioManager to not actually take effect in the behavior of the app. When running: audioManager.setStreamVolume(AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC, progress / MAX_MULTIPIER,…
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debug android app on chromebook

I have an android app that works on the chromebook flip when using arc welder to install and run it. However, when I download the current version from the play store, or sideload the current dev version by copying over the apk, the app doesn't…
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Can Android app on ChromeOS create a KeyPair that is at least SECURITY_LEVEL_TRUSTED_ENVIRONMENT?

I'm trying to find out if creating hardware backed secure keys are possible inside an Android app running on a Chromebook. I'm asking because to my knowledge, all Android apps on ChromeOS runs on some kind of virtualised environment and might not…
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PyQt6 on ChromeOS (Without dev) using pyqtdeploy?

I wanna make an app that supports as many OS as possible(Windows, iOS, macOS, ChromeOS) so I'm trying out PyQt6 but also need it to work on a Chrome OS WITHOUT DEVELOPER MODE. With my experience with chromebooks, some apps in the play store…
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"Open In Terminal" or "Show On Disk" not working

On AVD manager, when I click on "show on disk", it doesn't show on disk. Instead it opens a new chrome window like so. enter image description here enter image description here Similarly "Open In Terminal" in Nemo, doesn't work either. Maybe I've…
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How to hide back button from window border on Android app on Chromebook

On chromebooks there is back button in the window border. But this button normally shown in actionbar in android apps. I just want to hide this system button for chromebooks to avoid duplications. I see that Google Play app is managed to do it…
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How to detect chromebook mode programmatically

This question is part of this #3 Some Chromebooks are laptop and we can also turn it into tablet mode. See images from here So my question is how to programmatically detect the mode(laptop or tablet) of Chromebook. For this, I did this, but this is…
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find shelf position & autohide is enabled or not in android for Chromebook

this question is part of this question #1 I'm creating features to capture screenshot into Android app. After capturing a screenshot, I am cropping navigation bar height from bitmap using below code. where height - getNavBarHeight() will crop bitmap…
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Does VPN from Android App tunnel network traffic from Chrome on Chromebook?

I am working on a VPN app (uses VpnService) which has been working on Android devices. When I run it on a Chromebook, the VpnService appears to be started correctly based on the logs. Additionally, the OS acknowledges that my app is running a VPN in…
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How can I use my chromebook in Android Studio?

I tried to use my Acer Chromebook tab to debug my app in Android Studio but I have some troubles ... I followed this documentation : https://developer.android.com/topic/arc/development-environment#debug_with_adb The last command I typed is "sudo…
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