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Questions tagged [google-chrome-os]

This tag is dedicated to questions about Chrome OS.

Chromium OS is an open-source project that aims to build an operating system that provides a fast, simple, and more secure computing experience for people who spend most of their time on the web.

One of the popular usage is on Chromebook - http://www.google.com/chromebook/

For more details: http://www.chromium.org/chromium-os

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How does the chromeos shelf determine if linux applications are running?

I have a chromebook, with chromeos installed and linux activated. I have the following files: /usr/share/applications/experiment.desktop: [Desktop…
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App Launching in Corner For FreeFormWindow Support

I am trying to develop an android app which will launch in center of a ChromeBook. But even though I am setting the gravity to center it is always launching in top left corner. But if I set the gravity to any other place rather than center it works…
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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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Can you create custom shortcuts in ChromeOS, including the specific URL and icon, without developer accounts?

ChromeOS has the option to create a shortcut from the site you are currently have open in a given window/tab. However this has a few problems: The icon cannot be customized If the "favorite" icon provided by the site is low quality or not true to…
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Android on Chrome OS get device information

Is there a way to get the user name or any other device information from my Android app running on Chrome OS (Chromebook)
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Enable max_old_space_size flag on ChromeOS in Kiosk mode

We are building a Chrome kiosk app that handles multiple big video files at the same time, and we are hitting the 1.4G memory limit for a Chrome process on a 64bit system. On Chrome desktop, it's possible to set the --max_old_space_size=4096 flag…
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How to decrypt a read-only encrypted chromebook wifi password on Chrome os (linux)

I would like to decrypt a wifi password that my chromebook has been registered to. The encrypted code is: CbD4Fb4o=:7_C?:4oE:_?>b For some reason, when I run the linux/chrome shell command to decrypt it using echo, it tells me that the encryption is…
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Does it still make sense to create ChromeApps?

Chrome apps were discontinued except for ChromeOS. On desktop, Electron should be usable as almost drop-in replacement and on mobile Cordova should. But what about the ChromeOS? Does it still make sense to package as ChromeApp for the benefit of…
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Treat insecure origin as secure

The domain localhost is treated as a secure origin by default, which is very handy when testing webapps locally. It let's you use features like getUserMedia without having to use the https protocol. Because crostini uses the domain linuxhost instead…
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Developing a Chrome Kiosk App on a non-managed Chromebox

tl;dr I want to use an API that only works for Chrome Kiosk Apps. How can I run my app locally as a kiosk app such that I can access these APIs? Hey All, I am trying to develop an application that uses the chrome.audio API. Though the docs do not…
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How to detect if a Chrome OS device model supports Android programatically?

I have a Chrome OS packaged app published with some installations. Given that Chrome OS now supports Android apps, I need some way to detect how many of my existing customers are using a device model that supports Android. I browsed through the APIs…
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Chrome package app access to media files

I have google chrome package app. I need to read locally saved photo and video and give them up to the HTML page. How can I do this? I try: chrome.mediaGalleries.getMediaFileSystems( {interactive: 'no'}, function(mediaFileSystems){ …
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React application on chrome os

I have such problem. I had order on React Native App for Android. After provide prototype client told me that he want it on device (huge tablet) with chrome os. Google answered me that impossible is run on this device Android native apps. My…
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arc welder app showing blank screen startup

I am using Google Chrome version 64.0.3255.0 (64-bit) I installed ARC Welder extension from chrome web store. when i opened it, it shows blank window now how to install android apps using ARC Welder?
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