Android Apps on Chrome (All Platforms)

[reversible]

There's been a development in the Chrome browser that allows it to run Android apps. Initially only for Chrome OS devices, it's been expanded to support any computer that can run the Chrome browser through the ARChon Runtime by vladikoff: https://github.com/vladikoff/chromeos-apk/blob/master/archon.md

I've been trying to run Pleco the data files are proving to be an issue. The download completes but the app hangs afterward, and both copying the .plc and copying everything in /Android/data and /obb (to /vendor/chromium/crx) are never detected by Pleco. I'd imagine this could be amazingly useful - would anyone have and idea what I'm doing wrong or how we can make this work?

More information can be found on the following subreddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/chromeapks/

 

[mikelove]

Doesn't seem to allow for ARM native code, which our app makes heavy use of.

Also, it's technically kind of a legal gray area whether we should help people run Pleco on desktops in any case, since a few of our licenses with publishers etc explicitly exclude desktops - I don't think we're required to do anything to actively prevent people from using Pleco in a system like this but I don't think we can necessarily be in the position of helping with it either.