Tag for developing Android apps that run on Chrome OS.
Questions tagged [androidappsonchromeos]
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Chrome O.S. : In tablet mode, switching from floating keyboard to normal keyboard is not working as expected
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In tablet mode of Chromebook, in an android app, if we switch from floating keyboard to normal on-screen keyboard in, the screen does not adjust and block the UI.
Steps to reproduce the problem -
Open an android application which has a…

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From an Android app development perspective, what's the difference between enabling support for Samsung DeX and Chrome OS?
Per Samsung DeX's technical documentation, it uses standard Android APIs, which makes supporting it theoretically seamless. Does Chrome OS use the same APIs? What's the difference in difficulty and complexity of developing an Android app that…

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How to do pinch-and-zoom with a touchpad on ChromeOS/Android?
I have an Android app which I'm running on a Chromebook. I have views which scale with pinch-and-zoom gestures when the user touches the device's screen, and these work fine on the Chromebook. I'm trying to get pinch-and-zoom working with the…

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Mouse wheel scrolls behavior in Chromebook
I am transitioning my android app to Chromebook and found a very strange behavior of an external mouse.
Here are my observations
1) External wheel mouse connected to Chromebook, on scrolling wheel, ACTION_SCROLL is not triggered in…

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Accelerometer reading in Android App on ChromeOS. #AndroidAppsOnChromeOS
Is there anyway to use accelerometer in sideloaded APK to ChromeOS?
I have an ASUS Chromebook Flip. I tried reading accelerometer with an HTML5 page on Chrome, and it works normally, but a sideloaded APK contained a webview with the same HTML5 page,…

Tuấn Minh
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"attribute missing android namespace prefix" in official code snippet from Google doc. (about optimizing Android apps for ChromeOS)
I added this line to the manifest xml file of my app, according to documentation for optimizing for ChromeOS Android app publishing
but I get "Attribute is missing the…

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Android app doesn't show on Chrome OS google play
I just switched to dev channel on my Chrombook(ASUS flip). I got google play and was able to run apps directly but the chromebook didn't show me my own app. The app I wanted to run is an app targetted for tablet devices and in the manifest file, I…

Shreejana Poudel
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Chrome Book - google chrome browser not detected accessibility service event
we try to detect google chrome browser url's and user events.
we using the Accessibility service to monitoring the event on chrome browser.
we using the accessibility event functions to detect browser events.
accessibility event detect all other…

Dinesh B
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How do we fix Android Apps CameraX on ChromeOS?
We ported our app to ChromeOS laptops but CameraX is broken on there and we are unable to fix it from our end.
We need the viewfinder bigger, have the preview match where the camera is pointed
attached screenshots of what its doing on ChromeOS 107…

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Tell me how to control microphone's volume on ChromeOS automatically
Thank you for your help.
We are developing an Android application that records and analyzes the voice input from the microphone for elementary school students who are learning English. We are using the headset by pointing the voice input/output…
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Android studio don't see Pixel Slate (ChromeOS)
I need to test my android app on the tablet, the one I have is Pixel Slate which is running on Chrome OS, so in order to enable it for the developers and be able to run directly from the Android Studio I went throw these…

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Is it possible to run the android app on ChromeOS?
I need to check my app on a tablet, I have one which is Google Pixel Slate since it runs on ChromeOS, I am not sure if is it possible to run the app directly from the Android Studio on this device. Does anyone try this?

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Google play not allowing HP Chromebook 14 G5
I received an email from a client saying one of our apps only installs on "some" chromebooks but not on the HP Chromebook 14 G5.
I checked…

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ChromeOS startActivity does not work if I close app (X top right) and get a notification
I have a ChromeOS 100 Acer Chromebook 314.
I open the app, I am logged in, and after that I will close it from the top-right corner.
Then I receive a notification and I run this code:
try {
val intentActivity = Intent(context,…

rosu alin
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Kotlin Android - How to set app window size for chrome book/ os
I made a stand alone andoird app w/c is to be used in a chromeOS desktop. I used Kotlin and when I installed the app and when it runs, it goes full screen and I have to adjust it down to the desired size. I think this is because of match_parent in…

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