A little over a week later and some clever folks have
already worked out a solution, and have even
developed an Android app that will let you port APKs
and apps over to be run from Google Chrome. It’s still
in early development, but this opens up a world of
possibilities.
The first half of this
processes starts with
a customized Android
Runtime for Google
Chrome called
ARChon, which was
created by Vlad
Filippov. This Chrome
add-on allows users to
run an unlimited
number of unpacked
Android apps natively
on all of the popular
operating systems –
Windows, Mac, Linux,
and Chrome OS. The
process of unpacking
apps is a bit fiddly,
which is where this
new Android app
comes in handy.
XDA Senior Member bpear98 has built an app which
creates ARChon packages right on your Android
device. You can then simply copy these over to your
computer and run them through your Chrome
Browser with the ARChon add-on installed. Although
still in early development, the app is simple to use.
Just pick an apk from the list and hit generate.
If you want to try it out for yourself you will need to
enable developer mode in Chrome, extract the
Runtime .zip file and load it as an extension to the
browser. You can grab the files for your specific
operating system from the Github page. You can then
install the Chrome APK Packager to your smartphone
and start packing up your favourite apps and games.
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