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Running Android APK in the Mac Chrome browser

I have had this dilemma for a while now "Android or JavaFX" for creating UI (user interface) applications. If I create Android, then great, but that limits me to phones/tablets, what about computers?

Also, when developing Android apps your computer/laptop needs either an emulator, or you have to use a phone/tablet to test run the apps.

Emulator with it's heavy footprint is not really a solution, unless you are actively developing, so I was looking for easier way to run my apps at any time.

I have come across this ARChon solution when it first came out and decided to give it a go.

First I downloaded their extension and the demo game (2048), copied it to a ARChon folder in my Applications and unzipped both:

in Chrome browser I went to Chrome > Preferences > Extensions

chrome://extensions/

and installed both and run (Launch on the game) it successfully without a problem.

Then I DUPLICATED to the folder of the GAME and replaced their APK with mine, I adjusted the manifest.json with some OBVIOUS changes, and added this folder to Chrome Extensions again, I was able to run it without any problems.

{
"app": {
"background": {
"page": "app_main.html"
}
},
"arc_metadata": {
"apkList": [
"MyApp-UKI-SNAPSHOT.apk" ],
"enableExternalDirectory": false,
"formFactor": "phone",
"name": "MyApp-UKI", "orientation": "landscape", "packageName": "com.mycompany.android.myapp", "useGoogleContactsSyncAdapter": false,
"usePlayServices": [
"gcm"
]
},
"default_locale": "en",
"icons": {
"16": "icon.png",
"128": "icon.png"
},

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Running Android APK in the Mac Chrome browser

I have had this dilemma for a while now "Android or JavaFX" for creating UI (user interface) applications. If I create Android, then great, but that limits me to phones/tablets, what about computers?

Also, when developing Android apps your computer/laptop needs either an emulator, or you have to use a phone/tablet to test run the apps.

Emulator with it's heavy footprint is not really a solution, unless you are actively developing, so I was looking for easier way to run my apps at any time.

I have come across this ARChon solution when it first came out and decided to give it a go.

First I downloaded their extension and the demo game (2048), copied it to a ARChon folder in my Applications and unzipped both:

in Chrome browser I went to Chrome > Preferences > Extensions

chrome://extensions/

and installed both and run (Launch on the game) it successfully without a problem.

{
"app": {
"background": {
"page": "app_main.html"
}
},
"arc_metadata": {
"apkList": [
"MyApp-UKI-SNAPSHOT.apk" ],
"enableExternalDirectory": false,
"formFactor": "phone",
"name": "MyApp-UKI", "orientation": "landscape", "packageName": "com.mycompany.android.myapp", "useGoogleContactsSyncAdapter": false,
"usePlayServices": [
"gcm"
]
},
"default_locale": "en",
"icons": {
"16": "icon.png",
"128": "icon.png"
},

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Android apps now can run on every OS in a Chrome browser

Android apps can now run on every OS in a Chrome browser, or at least this can be shown to be possible. Tested on OS X, Windows and Ubuntu.

"ARChon runtime lets you run unlimited number of Android APKs created with chromeos-apk on Chrome OS and across any desktop platform that supports Chrome."

VIDEO DEMO

On personal note, the author of the hack, Mr. vladikoff001, is our developer hero of the mega proportions. Congratulations.

Yes, this is still a buggy hack, but it definitely opens doors for bigger and better future for this Android developer.

https://github.com/vladikoff/chromeos-apk/blob/master/archon.md

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Android apps now can run on every OS in a Chrome browser

https://github.com/vladikoff/chromeos-apk/blob/master/archon.md

As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Google Contacts: "There was an error loading the contact"

I have been getting this error in Google Gmail Contacts:

"There was an error loading the contact"

I became very frustrated as it became impossible for me to manage my 2500+ contact list. After some research on Internet I found a relatively simple solution.

In Chrome browser

1) select "Clear Browsing Data..."

2) and select "Empty the cache" from "the beginning of time"

Unfortunately, this did not fix the error entirely and I still get it. I hope Google fixes this problem soon. In the meanwhile I exported my contacts and imported them into Apple "Address Book" for management and safekeeping. Any suggestions?