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 to debug an android app that crashes the plugin on ChromeOS

I have an android app that works fine on Android devices and on the ARC Welder/Mac. When I try to run it on the ChromeOS it crashes and I get the "sad puzzle face" (the plugin crashes). Because the plugin crashes I can't get to logcat. It seems that…
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Add and access file in Google Chrome ARC app

I try to test an app that works as a ssh client. Therefore we use a private key at the moment that is located in the storage on the android device. To connect to the ssh server, the user chooses the key in a file dialog. How can I transfer a file…
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Automation testing with ARC?

I'm currently using ARC to manually test my app, but am hoping to move towards automation of the testing process. Is it possible to use ARC to automate tests, something similar to what Selenium Webdriver does for FF/Chrome? I know it's still early…
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How can I run multiple copies of the same app using Google ARC Welder?

I've installed the ARC Welder extension for Chrome. I opened it and added an apk. When I navigate to my Chrome Apps page, I see an icon of the app, and when I click on it, it launches ARC Welder and starts that app. Beautiful! When I try to open a…
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ARC Welder app showing blank page on startup

I am using Google Chrome version 41.0.2272.118 (64-bit) in Ubuntu 14.04.1. I recently installed ARC Welder extension from chrome web store. when i opened it, it shows blank window.. i tried to install apk files using drag and drop method.. but it's…
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download size of ARC Welder extension

I am using Google Chrome version 41.0.2272.118 (64-bit) in ubuntu 14.04.1. I recently downloaded ARC Welder extension from chrome web store(see the image below). In the app store it was mentioned that the size of the app is 11mb.. but when i try…
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How to develop an Android App that can run on Chrome OS?

Recently, Google released some Android apps that can run on Chrome OS. How can I develop apps that will do the same? Is a specific SDK different from phone, tv, glass necessary? Does the source code of an existing Android app need to change? Do any…
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What version of Android does ARC currently emulate?

I'm just trying to figure out what the most compatible version of a particular .apk is most likely to work with ARC running in Chrome Browser on Windows 10 I've only tried downloading the latest version .apk of Samsung Smart Things and that…
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Arc welder fail to download when first use

I've just installed the "ARC Welder" app on chrome and tried to add APK. According to the description of the app, installing ARC Welder will automatically download and install ARC, a large one time download. But it just keep loading. I'm using…
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ARC welder for chrome is not launching properly

I am using chrome developer version 63.0.3239.70. I just added ARC Welder from chrome web store. On launching its showing following screen. (blank) ARC Image
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Google Play Services SDK version for ARC

We are trying to integrate Google+ login on our Android-ChromeOS app. In this guide (https://developer.chrome.com/apps/arc_playservices), the last step suggests to downgrade the Google Play Services SDK so that it works in ARC. What is the exact…
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data exchange between Chrome and ARC application

Say, I have an Android application wrapped into ARC package and I want to get some information, which can be fetched by running some JavaScript code in Chrome console, e.g, I want to fetch navigator.userAgent. Is there a way to do it?
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How stable is Chrome ARC Storage?

Is there a case when data would be erased (i.e. looking like clean install of app) besides using the Remove App feature? I know the Downloads folder could be erased automatically if the device runs low on internal storage. What about my app? Also,…
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Any way to get h264 encoder on chrome arc?

MediaCodecList only sees h264/mpeg4/amr encoders on chrome arc Is there any way to get h264 encoder running on ARC?
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Latest Android System Webview update availability in ARC

We have an Android app we're trying to get working on Chromebook using ARC Welder. On Android, we required the June 3rd update to Android System WebView (v51) to fix an error we were seeing. We now see the same error when running the app in ARC on…
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