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Sideload APKs? #254

Open kiwisibk opened 5 years ago

kiwisibk commented 5 years ago

Hi everybody,

is there any possibility to sideload APKs since Playstore is not working?

Many thanks!!

NSbuilder commented 5 years ago

Installing the Play Store is required to sideload APKs on Chrome OS. There are some unofficial ways to do it on Chromium OS like the ARC Welder extension for Chrome or ARChon but, those are unofficial tools and won't work with all apps. There is an Chromium OS fork that support Android apps: https://fydeos.com/

skylar-eng commented 5 years ago

Installing the Play Store is required to sideload APKs on Chrome OS. There are some unofficial ways to do it on Chromium OS like the ARC Welder extension for Chrome or ARChon but, those are unofficial tools and won't work with all apps. There is an Chromium OS fork that support Android apps: https://fydeos.com/

Wouldn't you also need to have the Android Runtime compiled in to Chromium OS as well? IIRC, that has not been done, because it doesn't work. OTOH, if Android Runtime did work, wouldn't it be possible to have F-Droid be installed by default? Which would allow Android app support, without violating Google EULA?