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Chromeos-apk – Run Android APKs on Chrome OS, OS X, Linux and Windows
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Re: Chromeos-apk – Run Android APKs on Chrome OS, OS X, Linux and Windows
#22Earlier quoted context omitted.
How is that disheartening? The whole point of the Chromebook is to only use the web.
The fact that Google is starting to roll out the ability for Android apps to run as Chrome apps suggests that they are aware of the limitations of being "web only". It also stands to reason that if they're going to soon allow Android apps to run under ChromeOS, you should be able to develop them too, no? To boot, the Pixel's relatively decent hardware, high-res display, and touchscreen just seem like it would be idea…
There are no limitations of what you can do via a web browser. My company personally developed and delivered projects otherwise thought not possible in browser environments. With the help of extensions and solid JS and HTML, everything is possible. Of course super low level stuff are out of the picture but this is not normal users will be concerned about.
Re: Chromeos-apk – Run Android APKs on Chrome OS, OS X, Linux and Windows
#23Can anyone explain how this differs from using an Android emulator? ( http://developer.android.com/tools/help/emulator.html ) Is it a matter of features, speed, or convenience? Obviously, all of those can be overcome, be it as a fork of the official emulator or as a third-party emulator. For instance, this new Chrome extension must be the same thing under the hood: a Dalvik runtime, possibly an ARM->Intel recompiler…
It's been a few years since I dared run the official emulator, and I used to have an underpowered computer for development, but last time it took about 10 minutes to boot Android and another 2-3 minutes to open an app. I presume it's been improved since then and runs nicer on better hardware, but my first impulse is that speed is a huge concern in Android emulation. Convenience only matters if speed is solved, but th…
The Android emulator is terrible. It is one of those things that will speed up Android adoption if made better. iOS simulator is so much nicer to work with.
Re: Chromeos-apk – Run Android APKs on Chrome OS, OS X, Linux and Windows
#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
The fact that Google is starting to roll out the ability for Android apps to run as Chrome apps suggests that they are aware of the limitations of being "web only". It also stands to reason that if they're going to soon allow Android apps to run under ChromeOS, you should be able to develop them too, no? To boot, the Pixel's relatively decent hardware, high-res display, and touchscreen just seem like it would be idea…
>It also stands to reason that if they're going to soon allow Android apps to run under ChromeOS, you should be able to develop them too, no? Why? Can you develop Android apps on your phone?
AIDE lets you develop Android apps on Android devices.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aide.ui&hl...
Re: Chromeos-apk – Run Android APKs on Chrome OS, OS X, Linux and Windows
#25Can anyone explain how this differs from using an Android emulator? ( http://developer.android.com/tools/help/emulator.html ) Is it a matter of features, speed, or convenience? Obviously, all of those can be overcome, be it as a fork of the official emulator or as a third-party emulator. For instance, this new Chrome extension must be the same thing under the hood: a Dalvik runtime, possibly an ARM->Intel recompiler…
It's been a few years since I dared run the official emulator, and I used to have an underpowered computer for development, but last time it took about 10 minutes to boot Android and another 2-3 minutes to open an app. I presume it's been improved since then and runs nicer on better hardware, but my first impulse is that speed is a huge concern in Android emulation. Convenience only matters if speed is solved, but th…
Hey Android developer here. I used to have the same issue - even on a fantastic machine the emulator would run very slowly, or not at all. This is now completely different
You no longer have to emulate ARM. You can run the native x86 image, using GPU acceleration, and the thing screams. I can get multiple high resolution emulators running in parallel without issue. I'm still used to debugging every single compile on an actual device having been through years of slow emulation, but let me tell you that the environment is quite different now. Genymotion is even better, but not by much with regards to performance.
Re: Chromeos-apk – Run Android APKs on Chrome OS, OS X, Linux and Windows
#26I will absolutely go nuts if this thing manages to run OneNote on my Debian desktop.
Please don't downvote this.
What is on debian today that you can't get on or don't like about OSX? I ask this as a former Linux die hard. What am I missing back in the Linux world these days?
Also, One Note is killer isn't it? It is so much nicer than Evernote. I've loved One Note ever since the first time it shipped with Office. It's so great to see Microsoft porting their better apps to other platforms.
Re: Chromeos-apk – Run Android APKs on Chrome OS, OS X, Linux and Windows
#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's been a few years since I dared run the official emulator, and I used to have an underpowered computer for development, but last time it took about 10 minutes to boot Android and another 2-3 minutes to open an app. I presume it's been improved since then and runs nicer on better hardware, but my first impulse is that speed is a huge concern in Android emulation. Convenience only matters if speed is solved, but th…
Hey Android developer here. I used to have the same issue - even on a fantastic machine the emulator would run very slowly, or not at all. This is now completely different You no longer have to emulate ARM. You can run the native x86 image, using GPU acceleration, and the thing screams. I can get multiple high resolution emulators running in parallel without issue. I'm still used to debugging every single compile on…
The last time I worked on Android (which was about 6-12 months ago) I tried to get the x86 image working on my laptop, but it apparently requires an intel processor[1]. Do you happen to be aware of any speedups for AMD processors?
[1]: https://developer.android.com/tools/devices/emulator.html#vm...
Re: Chromeos-apk – Run Android APKs on Chrome OS, OS X, Linux and Windows
#28Can anyone explain how this differs from using an Android emulator? ( http://developer.android.com/tools/help/emulator.html ) Is it a matter of features, speed, or convenience? Obviously, all of those can be overcome, be it as a fork of the official emulator or as a third-party emulator. For instance, this new Chrome extension must be the same thing under the hood: a Dalvik runtime, possibly an ARM->Intel recompiler…
It's been a few years since I dared run the official emulator, and I used to have an underpowered computer for development, but last time it took about 10 minutes to boot Android and another 2-3 minutes to open an app. I presume it's been improved since then and runs nicer on better hardware, but my first impulse is that speed is a huge concern in Android emulation. Convenience only matters if speed is solved, but th…
This. I tried to develop for Android once. Went groveling back to Xcode, apologizing for cursing its many flaws.
Re: Chromeos-apk – Run Android APKs on Chrome OS, OS X, Linux and Windows
#29I will absolutely go nuts if this thing manages to run OneNote on my Debian desktop.
Please don't downvote this. What is on debian today that you can't get on or don't like about OSX? I ask this as a former Linux die hard. What am I missing back in the Linux world these days? Also, One Note is killer isn't it? It is so much nicer than Evernote. I've loved One Note ever since the first time it shipped with Office. It's so great to see Microsoft porting their better apps to other platforms.
|What is on debian today that you can't get on or don't like about OSX?
Freedom.
Re: Chromeos-apk – Run Android APKs on Chrome OS, OS X, Linux and Windows
#30This is amazing.
I hope Google could really carry this project as far as possible. The next several major issues would be polishing up the platform, eliminating the bugs, unifying the android and chromebook development interface. Think of one day when android developers could actually design apps for the desktop. How cool would that be?
That's when Microsoft should really get worried.