Please allow me to install the Android app on my chrome book

[laurent22]

Please allow me to install the Android app on my chrome book

[laurent22]

What is required to install an app on a Chrome book? Doesn't it work directly with the apps from the Play Store?

[posix4e]

Yes it does. I run plenty of android apps.

On Fri, Dec 1, 2017 at 5:08 AM Laurent Cozic ***@***.***> wrote: What is required to install an app on a Chrome book? Doesn't it work directly with the apps from the Play Store? — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#37 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAxN29yqVAWo_fNwtA_gycQahdxN_lddks5s7_prgaJpZM4QxJ3c> .

-- Sent from a chromebook 4045076749 Alex Newman

[gamerchick02]

I get an incompatibility error in the app store when I try to install the android app on my thinkpad chromebook. I don't know what needs to be done but I'm willing to test on my chromebook.

EDIT: I just joined the beta tester program for this app and apparently it will install if you enable the beta testing.

EDIT 2: Ok so it installed but I can't sync.

[laurent22]

@gamerchick02, ok that's surprising that it would work only when being a beta tester. I guess it's good news anyway since it means it can be made to work.

What is the sync issue you are having? Is there any error message?

[gamerchick02]

@laurent22 I get the following after I hit synchronize (I'm signed into my onedrive account):

Created local items: 1.
State: idle.
Last error: Unknown field:
user_updated_time (stacktrace in log).
Completed: 03/12/2017 14:31

The log states:

Error: Unknown field: user_updated_time
[email protected]: 314:1245
[email protected]: 363:6148
index.android.bundle: 363:8177
[email protected]: 73:245

These repeat for a bit and then I get

[email protected]: 21:664
[email protected]: 21:1747
[email protected]: 21:1747
[email protected]: 19:2808

I don't know what all this means, but maybe you do or at least it's a start. Also the log won't let me copy and paste in here so this is only part of the log. If you want more, please tell me and I'll see what I can do through a screenshot or whatever.

Thanks!

[laurent22]

@gamerchick02, ok I see, I realise now the beta version is actually an old one I've released a long time ago (the "Last error" thing is something that was removed a while ago), which is why it doesn't work properly. I'm not familiar with the i686 architecture, is that compatible with x86? If so could you give a try to this APK? https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/releases/download/v0.10.35/app-x86-release.apk

If that doesn't work, maybe try this one: https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/releases/download/v0.10.35/app-armeabi-v7a-release.apk

If any of these work please let me know, and I'll make it available to Chromebooks.

[posix4e]

I’m i686 as well

On Sun, Dec 3, 2017 at 1:26 PM Laurent Cozic ***@***.***> wrote: Ok I see, I realise now the beta version is actually an old one I've released a long time ago, which is why it doesn't work properly. I'm not familiar with the i686 architecture, is that compatible with x86? If so could you give a try to this APK? https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/releases/download/v0.10.35/app-x86-release.apk If that doesn't work, maybe try this one: https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/releases/download/v0.10.35/app-armeabi-v7a-release.apk If any of these work please let me know, and I'll make it available to Chromebooks. — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#37 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAxN2xQJpoPAa_us3w8Rk9nEDyS3mkh7ks5s8xIhgaJpZM4QxJ3c> .

-- Sent from a chromebook 4045076749 Alex Newman

[laurent22]

If the app is not starting for you or if you cannot install it, please could you post a screenshot here?

For information, the app store reports that it's compatible with Chromebook so I don't know exactly what needs to be done:

[dustinromey]

Having the same issue on a Pixelbook.

If your Android app is done using React Native, perhaps it wouldn't be much work to put it on the Chrome Web Store?

[laurent22]

Do any of the a apk files above work of you download and install them directly?

[dustinromey]

Sorry for the slow reply. I'd been trying to work with the laptop without putting it in Dev mode (as an experiment), so it wasn't possible.

I gave up yesterday and put it in Dev mode. I'll get back to it and try to install the apks in the next day or so.

[laurent22]

For information, the latest APK is available there: https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/releases/download/android-v0.10.78/joplin-v0.10.78.apk

The first step is to know if the APK works or not. I cannot test myself as I don't own a ChromeBook and there's no emulator.

[dustinromey]

Finally got back to this.

I was able to install. Seems to work fine, in full screen. I was able to create a folder, a to-do, and sync.

Need me to try anything else?

[laurent22]

Thanks, it's good to know it actually works in Chromebook, but then I don't understand why it's not enabled in the store. Any idea what needs to be done to activate it?

[dustinromey]

I honestly have no idea.

[laurent22]

Closing this as unfortunately it's unclear what needs to be done.

[posix4e]

Lol, you need to publish apk for i386, i686 and arm.

[laurent22]

@posix4e, it seems to be a different issue since the APK itself already appears to be work on Chromebooks and even the app store console reports that it is compatible, but I don't know why it doesn't work from Google Play.

[dutchgecko]

Hi, have you seen this page from Google on optimizing an app for Chromebooks? I think the key thing may be updating the manifest file.

[pcause]

I have side loaded the app and it works, although could use some tuning. It still doesn't work from the play store in the android app environment. there is something you can set in the manifest that says you work on tablets perhaps.

I am using an ARM based Chromebook.

PS: On a Chromebook we really need Joplin to be able to be a sharing target since the joplin extension isn't available for Firefox for Android.

[danurman]

@laurent22 - if I'm reading the Android developer docs right, the issue is the inclusion of <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA" /> in AndroidManifest.xml. The docs note that this permission implies a requirement of two hardware features that are not supported on Chromebooks - specifically, android.hardware.camera and android.hardware.camera.autofocus.

The docs are a little unclear on exactly how to resolve this, but the page on <uses-feature> seems to me to indicate that the implied hardware features can be tagged as unrequired by adding a <uses-feature> element for each with android:required="false" attributes:

<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera" android:required="false" />
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera.autofocus" android:required="false" />

I also found a blog post backing up this interpretation. I checked the manifest and didn't see any other features or permissions that were listed as unsupported in the docs, so hopefully adding those two lines would make the Google Play Store consider the app to be supported on Chromebooks? (The blog post also notes that since you no longer require the camera, you should make sure your code actually checks that one is available instead of assuming one is.)

So, seems like an easy fix? I have zero experience developing for Android, so I apologize if I've misunderstood something trivial here and gotten this completely wrong. :)

[laurent22]

The version that has just been released (should be available in 1h or so) includes the fixes suggested by @danurman, so if you have a Chromebook please give it a try and let me know if it works. I didn't put any check on the camera at this point, so let's see if it works first.

[pcause]

I had the previous version side loaded. When I opened the play store on my Chromebook it said I had an update and it installed/updated. The page no longer says the app isn't compatble with my device. Guess it is fixed!!

[danurman]

I did not have any version side loaded and my Chromebook is not in developer mode. Previously, I was unable to install Joplin via the Play Store; now I can. :) It's set up and currently syncing my notes. I didn't try granting the camera permission; not sure what would happen if I did.

Thanks for the fix! 🎉

[laurent22]

Glad it's finally working and thanks @danurman for looking into it and providing the fix!