Chromebook / Chromebox / Android App on Chrome

Google have made ARC Welder available. It allows developers to test Android apps to see if they work on a Chrome OS e.g. a Chromebook or Chromebox.

There are some Android apps that work on Chrome e.g Evernote and Dualingo. These are the standard Android apps - not Chrome OS ports.

I tried Logos and Verbum, on Chrome OS by just pulling the .apk file into ARC Welder. You get a logon screen, can logon, get the library listing, but them no-more. OliveTree's Bible app works well.

Will Faithlife be modifying their Android apps to work in Chrome OS? It might be a better option for some than using Biblia.com or LogosNow, since it will have more functionality..... and personal notes.

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Richard Kingston

Mmm.... surprised that nobody was interested in this. potential for Logos / Verbum with personal notes available on a Chromebox / Chromebook.

Richard Kingston

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/735249#Comment_735249

Almost there. Loads up, see the library.... almost Android on Chrome. any comments anyone? Faithlife?

Kevin Byford (Faithlife)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/735251#Comment_735251

Lack of Chromebook support has already been discussed here and here . Until ARC Welder supports native C/C++ code it can't be used to get our apps running on Chromebooks.

Bill Anderson

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/735483#Comment_735483

Lack of Chromebook support has already been discussed here and here . Until ARC Welder supports native C/C++ code it can't be used to get our apps running on Chromebooks.

Well, tonight I installed Arc Welder on my Pixel 2 LS (i7, 16 GB RAM) and Logos 4.6.4 and it not only worked, but I was able to log in to my account, run a commentary and Bible side by side and highlight. I was able to download resources locally, too. It's not as snappy as I would like, but it's looking good in fullscreen mode. Things are quicker for resources that are downloaded.

Floyd Johnson

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/776079#Comment_776079

Also note, in the near future Chrome is being dropped - everything is being merged into Android. This will make most of this discussion mute.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/alphabets-google-to-fold-chrome-operating-system-into-android-1446151134

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/alphabet-to-combine-googles-chrome-and-android-operating-systems-report-2015-10-29

Kevin Byford (Faithlife)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/776079#Comment_776079

Well, tonight I installed Arc Welder on my Pixel 2 LS (i7, 16 GB RAM) and Logos 4.6.4 and it not only worked, but I was able to log in to my account, run a commentary and Bible side by side and highlight. I was able to download resources locally, too. It's not as snappy as I would like, but it's looking good in fullscreen mode. Things are quicker for resources that are downloaded.

Yes, Google's Arc Welder developer preview that was released yesterday has improved quite a bit. Please know that we cannot support our apps running under this developer preview release. Any issues you might find should be reported to Google, and not Faithlife.

Bill Anderson

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/776080#Comment_776080

Also note, in the near future Chrome is being dropped - everything is being merged into Android. This will make most of this discussion mute.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/alphabets-google-to-fold-chrome-operating-system-into-android-1446151134

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/alphabet-to-combine-googles-chrome-and-android-operating-systems-report-2015-10-29

According to The Verge, ChromeOS is not being dropped; both Android and ChromeOs will exist side by side.

Floyd Johnson

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/776136#Comment_776136

So far it's vapor-ware, all we can do is wait and see.