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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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Is there a way to prevent an Android app to be installed on Chrome OS?

Some users are installing an Android app I've worked on in their Chromebooks. The app is not working properly and the users are blaming the app instead of the fact that Android support in their Chromebooks is still in beta. Is there a parameter in…
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How to download a file on a Chrome packaged app?

When looking at downloading a file I always end up at the docs for chrome.downloads API, but this is only available for extensions and not packaged apps. So how can I download a file in a Chrome packaged app?
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Is there any way to restrict chrome browser updation while we are running javascript application

We are using a javascript application in chrome box which is running as a kiosk application. Chrome OS is updating automatically. Can we able to restrict the auto update of Chrome OS from javascript level and from the OS level? Thanks in advance.
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What identifies the jdk installation directory?

I want to set my java_home variable, but have a custom enough OS not to be able to find my jdk dir as prompted everywhere (it's a chromium os, and has installed jdk8 by chromebrew...). What i have is a usr/local/jre folder, and few java*…
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Does Chrome OS support Node Js apps?

I have a nwjs app for Windows and Mac. I want to use the same code for creating an app for Chrome OS. This app contains NodeJS code, I am trying to figure out if NodeJS is supported by ChromeOS. I tried to install the folder as unpacked extension in…
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Kiosk-Arcade Game

I am attempting to build an kiosk app for chromebooks to allow them to play a single game offline effectively making it an arcade game. It looks like the code for most kiosk apps makes them access a certain webpage but not another app on the…
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Android AudioManager not working as expected on Chrome OS

When running my Android App on Chromebook, all my audio changes via AudioManager to not actually take effect in the behavior of the app. When running: audioManager.setStreamVolume(AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC, progress / MAX_MULTIPIER,…
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How can I identify the foreground 'app' on Chrome OS?

I am trying to create a Chrome extension (or app) for Chrome OS that monitors the foreground app that the user is currently interacting with. For example if the user: plays Angry Birds for a few minutes; then browses some web pages using Chrome and…
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How to make my Chrome kiosk app white-listed in Chrome OS

I have a Chrome kiosk app that runs in full screen when in user session and in single-app kiosk mode. However, it does not run in full screen when in public session mode. I have seen other third party apps able to run in full screen when in public…
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Chrome Developer Tools places breakpoint at incorrect location

I'm working on debugging the script of a page I visit (I'm looking to modify its functionality with Tampermonkey) and I am trying to set breakpoints on some code. This code was minified, so I clicked the "prettify" button and now I can use a…
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Chrome OS Developer Tools Disabled

On my school chromebook developer tools just got disabled or something. When i right click to inspect an element, the "inspect" button is grayed out and if i click the options button in the top right, go down to more tools the developer tools button…
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How to pair a new Bluetooth device from a Chrome App on ChromeOS?

I'm writing a Chrome App using the chrome.bluetooth Javascript API and PNACL. I can turn on Bluetooth discovery, find devices, connect, and communicate successfully. But I cannot figure out how to pair a new device programmatically from my…
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Where to register the Native Messaging Host in Chrome OS

In this documentation there's the location for Windows, Mac OS and Linux. I assumed Chrome OS would work the same as "standard" linux, but i couldnt get my app working ... com.my_app.host.json (located in /etc/opt/chrome/native-messaging-hosts/) { …
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What IP's should be whitelisted for a managed ChromeOS device?

Is there an equivalent to netblocks and/or SPF records (https://support.google.com/a/answer/60764?hl=en), or simply documentation stating what communication from a managed ChromeOS device should be whitelisted on a firewall to allow full…
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Anyway to test kiosk mode with unpublished app?

I have a Chrome app that I'd like to test in kiosk mode, but I can't seem to figure out how. The manifest file has the kiosk mode flag set, but adding the app ID to the Manage Kiosk Apps screen doesn't work. The app is unpublished, as it is…
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