

It is done by sideloading the ARChon runtime via Chrome’s extension developer mode. This custom runtime allows users to run their favourite Android applications (if supported by ARC) on OS X, Linux and Windows. This is where the ARChon runtime came into play. The chromeos-apk tool worked really well, but it was limited because apps only worked on Chrome OS and it was only possible to run 4 applications at the same time. You can view the video demo of running custom apps below: OMGChrome also wrote an article on it here: This is how the chromeos-apk tool was born. My main goal was to figure out how it exactly worked, so after ARC (App Runtime for Chrome) Beta was released I started exploring the runtime architecture.īy manipulating the application manifest keys I was able to swap the executables and run other applications (beyond those that were approved into the Chrome Web Store). I got really excited after Google announced that Android apps will now run on Chromebooks.
