Questions tagged [google-chrome-arc]

The App Runtime for Chrome (Beta) is a project to run Android apps on Chrome OS, which aims to create a more seamless user experience across Android OS and Chrome OS. ARc apps can be created by using the ARC Welder

The App Runtime for Chrome (Beta) is a project to run Android apps on Chrome OS, which aims to create a more seamless user experience across Android OS and Chrome OS.

ARC apps can be created by using the ARC Welder on Chrome 40+, which allows you to run Android apps on Chrome OS, Windows, Mac or Linux.

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How do you remove icons from Launchpad on Mac after installing Arc and uploading an APK?

I installed a few apk files for applications and now the icons won't go away from the Launchpad on my Mac. Is there a file, database or some other location where these are stored?
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Chrome store always install old version of ARC Welder

No matter what I do, using windows vista, seven and 8.1, both 32-bit & 64-bit, I always end getting version 288 from chrome store instead of the newest. Problem is, this version does not work on 32-bit windows (works fine on 64-bit). I can see lots…
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How can i add my app to ARC runtime?

If I install any launcher app on ARC welder app, I can see two apps gallery and contacts. Like that i want to add my app also with them. I am able to build ARC runtime on ubuntu and we have no problem with distributing our custom ARC runtime. Any…
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when will arc be supported on windows chrome browser?

I have tested succefully my android app in windows chrome browser thanks to ARC & ARC welder. What is preventing me from distributing the generated zip for chrome browser? I assume there are not technical constraints as I can locally install the…
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ARC: Version & updates

How can I get the version of the currently running App Runtime for Chrome on the Chromebook and programmatically? Does ARC get updates and how often?
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Is Google docs "Getting started with ARC" still available somewhere?

Before this stackoverflow group started there was a Google docs link "Getting started with ARC" available at https://docs.google.com/document/d/13DtdjQQ4aRuCOegnPlLfk05-9J4vjuWMsUgvEdUbAs8/edit Is this document still available somewhere?
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Chrome ARC timezone display

I tried my Android app TIDE NOW WA under the Chrome ARC. Worked surprisingly well but there is an odd thing. My app needs the local time to display correct results, this is true in Daylight Savings Time as well as Standard Time. Under Android, today…
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Running an APK in ARC for chat application called Kik

I have uploaded my APK which is a chat application named KIK on ARC. I logged on, but doesn't connect... Help please, my computer is connected to the internet via Wifi, I have used other emulators which work perfectly. Have I done something wrong or…
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How to know when my app is executing on Google-Chrome-ARC?

I want to have some different behaviors if my app executes on Google-Chrome-ARC. I currently get the IMEI, which is null on ARC. public boolean isArc(Context context) { TelephonyManager tm = ((TelephonyManager)context …
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ARC Welder: "Device does not have package com.google.android.gsf" despite "usePlayServices": ["gcm"]

In my apk running in ARC welder I get: java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException: Device does not have package com.google.android.gsf at com.google.android.gcm.GCMRegistrar.checkDevice(GCMRegistrar.java:98) I get this despite having the…
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How to identify product model in Android app on ARC (Build.model is n/a)?

Android apps can get product information by reading BUILD.MANUFACTURER and BUILD.MODEL, but when running on ARC (chrome) these are always "chromium" and "App Runtime for Chrome". Motivation: It is useful for apps which a person uses across multiple…
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Invalid Scope When Trying To Create Use GoogleAccountCredential With ARC-Welder on Chrome

I have an Android app that I'm trying to run under Chrome ARC (via ARC-Welder). I've created all the OAuth2 IDs and changed my APK to substitute the Chrome client-id if it's running under ARC (build=="chromium"). However, I still get…
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ARC app resize window event

Now that android apps can be run on the Chrome OS and using {"resize":"reconfigure"} they have become re-sizable, there is now a need for more responsive layouts. In order to make my layout more responsive I need an event listener that knows when…
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Running an Android app that has a dependency of another app in Google ARC

Experimenting with Google Chrome ARC, I'm trying to run my application which has a dependency of another application (in particular, my application is using some library functions from OpenCV, and it needs the "OpenCV Manager" app to be installed on…
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Chrome ARC - possible to access google account?

How can I log in to the google account to get available calendars? I run this code in Android Uri calendars = Uri.parse(String.format("content://%s/calendars", "com.android.calendar")); Cursor managedCursor = activity.managedQuery(calendars,…
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