Chromebook apps?

J. Landman Gay jacque at hyperactivesw.com
Thu Nov 26 12:18:53 EST 2020


Android apps run in an emulator on Chromebooks. I forgot to mention that 
the emulator is only 32-bit so you have to build ARM 7 apps for Chromebook. 
I haven't needed to build an x86 app, my tests have all run okay on three 
different models.

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Jacqueline Landman Gay | jacque at hyperactivesw.com
HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
On November 26, 2020 7:32:50 AM Richmond via use-livecode 
<use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> Is a Chromebook app an Android app?
>
> Or, to put things another way . . .
>
> I thought I'd be clever and design something for kids at my school to
> use on their Android
> phones and tablets . . .
>
> Fantastic idea that foundered badly when I worked out that a lot of
> ANdroid tablets ran on INTEL chips
> so LiveCode builds for Android wouldn't run on them.
>
> Sorry to be damp squish.
>
> On 26.11.20 7:52, prothero--- via use-livecode wrote:
>> Folks:
>> My son is a 5’th grade teacher. He tells me that apps for elementary school 
>> learning must run on ChromeBooks to be used in elementary school. I just 
>> want to verify that this means I would be developing an Android app for a 
>> Chromebook.
>>
>> I also wonder if there are minimal requirements for a Chromebook that will 
>> run Android apps. I’m in the “thinking about it” stage right now, but would 
>> like to hear about any experience or gotchas I need to be aware of for 
>> Chromebook apps.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Bill
>>
>> William A. Prothero
>> Santa Barbara, CA. 93105
>> http://earthlearningsolutions.org/
>>
>>
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