Chromebook is a Google netbook which runs the cloud operating system Chrome OS.
Questions tagged [chromebook]
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Android Studio emulators not able to connect to adb
I have am Acer Spin 713 Chromebook with an 11th gen Intel I5.
When running on 10th or higher gen Intel CPUs, Android Studio on Chromebooks now supports emulators.
In Android Studio, I can bring up the AVD Manager, and start an emulator. The emulator…

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How can you programmatically lock a Chromebook?
I have a Chrome OS device, and I want to programmatically lock the screen when a timer has expired (when a child has used up their available screen time). The Chromebook supports Android apps, but I can't find much information about how to do this…

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Crostini - Node server doesn't work on localhost
I have a Pixelbook on Chrome 79. In my terminal (Crostini), I run a simple Express app:
const express = require('express');
const app = express();
app.get('/', (req, res) => {
res.send('Hello!');
});
const PORT = 8080;
app.listen(PORT, () =>…

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Drag and Drop Folders no working in Chrome browser for Chromebook
Setup:
Chrome Browser Version 65.0.3325.9 (Official Build) dev (32-bit) on Acer Chromebook
I am trying to support drag and drop of folders for my app from within Chrome browser.
I use DataTransferItem API listed here:…

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Access Chromebook's localhost from Android apps?
I have a Chromebook that I've set up in Developer Mode, with a crouton-installed version of Linux running alongside. Within the Linux crouton, I'm running a simple web server.
My question is whether it's possible to access that server using any…

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android.hardware.display.DisplayManager.getDisplays() is not returning the external monitor connected to chromebook
I am working on Acer Chromebook R11. The Android version of Chromebook is 7.1.1. The external monitor is connected via HDMI port on Chromebook. OS is showing both the displays and am able to drag the apps from one window to another window.
I want my…

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android "MediaProjection" api in not working in chrome os
I am using android "android.media.projection.MediaProjection" to capture screenshot . Application works perfectly in android device but if same app installed in Chromebook ,application will only capture screenshot of android apps discard chrome…

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Cannot Connect to Chromebook via ADB for Debugging
I'm trying to connect to my Acer Chromebook over IP to load and debug apps. I've followed the instructions here:
http://opensourceforgeeks.blogspot.com/2016/12/debug-android-apps-on-chromebook-using.html
These are the same instructions you can find…

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Chromebook/ChromeOS stats on Google Play developer console
Google has steadily been introducing Android apps and Play store to ChromeOS, with the announcement today that all Chromebooks will run Android apps. Is there any way Android developers can access data about usage on these devices, via the Play…

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how to zoom out on an chrome extension's popup
Some extensions' popup windows don't fit nicely into the page. If I can zoom out on the popup window, I can use it as normal, but there's no apparent way to do this.
Example screenshot:
you can see that the popup window extends below the visible…

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Remote debugging Chromebook
I read this awesome technique about remote debugging a Chrome browser instance from another Chrome browser instance,
I am wondering if it's possible to do this with a Chromebook.
How can I debug a Chromebook remotely the same way I can debug Chrome…

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How do you enter developer mode on the ASUS Chromebox
I have an ASUS Chromebox and I need to put it into developer mode so that I can...develop on it. However, I can't seem to get into Recovery Mode so that I can reboot it in developer mode. I followed the instructions to put it in Recovery Mode as…

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Android Studio will not load on a Samsung ARM Chromebook with 32 bit Ubuntu 12.04 w/ JDK-8
Android Studio 0.2.2 with jdk-8-ea-b102-linux-arm-vfp-hflt-07_aug_2013 will not load on my Samsung ARM Chromebook running 32 bit Ubuntu 12.04. I have tried older JDKs (7 & 6) no luck. JDK-8 says it's ARM compatible. Anyone have else have any luck…

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how can I get DeviceID, serial number of chromebook in javascript
I need to develop an Packaged App which could get and print deviceID, SerialNumber and other system information of Chromebook in javascript.
If we can run shell command:
run sudo dump_vpd_log --full –stdout
and retrieve information from it in…

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Chrome Enterprise extensions displaying "Not allowed" in console
we are writing a chrome extension that uses the enterprise apis namely the following calls:
let hardwareInfo =
await chrome.enterprise.hardwarePlatform.getHardwarePlatformInfo();
payload["manufacturer"] = hardwareInfo.manufacturer ?? null;…

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