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[PGHammer]

Arceles, on 26 January 2013 - 16:49, said:

An OS that can be run as an APP... well, I'm sold

BlueStacks is similar - in fact, that is what I will compare it to (since I have it installed right now).

[+remixedcat]

xendrome, on 26 January 2013 - 23:07, said:

Your running Server 2012 as your desktop OS aren't you...

Yeah.... u mad bro?

[Nashy]

McKay, on 26 January 2013 - 19:16, said:

Managed a link to Chrome, heres a major issue.

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It's because it's obviously running x86 so most apps won't be compatible as they are made for ARM.

PGHammer, on 26 January 2013 - 23:43, said:

BlueStacks is similar - in fact, that is what I will compare it to (since I have it installed right now).

Is it actually Android though?

I'm not doing this because I want the apps, I'm doing it because I'm a nerd and I think it's cool.

Can't ADB to it either. That would fix installing things.

[PsYcHoKiLLa]

BlueStacks does the exact same thing but does it properly and it will download all your apps.

[Nashy]

PsYcHoKiLLa, on 27 January 2013 - 00:42, said:

BlueStacks does the exact same thing but does it properly and it will download all your apps.

It doesn't run Android as if it was a tablet though. Which I believe is what we are trying to do. We're just playing around with it.

[PsYcHoKiLLa]

Nashy, on 27 January 2013 - 00:45, said:

It doesn't run Android as if it was a tablet though. Which I believe is what we are trying to do. We're just playing around with it.

It does, it lets you choose the form factor in the settings for each app, so just choose tablet.

[+McKay]

Nashy, on 27 January 2013 - 00:41, said:

It's because it's obviously running x86 so most apps won't be compatible as they are made for ARM.

Chrome for Android is x86 compatible though.

[+djdanster]

Sweet

[Detection]

PsYcHoKiLLa, on 27 January 2013 - 00:46, said:

It does, it lets you choose the form factor in the settings for each app, so just choose tablet.

Yea, the point is, it doesn't boot the Android OS, Android that you can use as an OS

[Nashy]

McKay, on 27 January 2013 - 00:48, said:

Chrome for Android is x86 compatible though.

Oh really?

Is there a list of x86 compatible apps. I'd like to check my apps against them to see if i see the same error with some.

PsYcHoKiLLa, on 27 January 2013 - 00:46, said:

It does, it lets you choose the form factor in the settings for each app, so just choose tablet.

Yeah but this is vanilla Android.

I'm pretty sure that's why the few of us are playing with it.

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Nashy, on 27 January 2013 - 01:04, said:

Yeah but this is vanilla Android.

I'm pretty sure that's why the few of us are playing with it.

Bluestacks lets you mess with the OS ? I only remember getting some small Apps only screen

[Nashy]

Detection, on 27 January 2013 - 01:00, said:

Yea, the point is, it doesn't boot the Android OS, Android that you can use as an OS

I've got a file manager working. Placed the APK directly into /system/app/ and reboot.




As stated previously in the thread. You can't simply add the apps to downloads and install them as you can't set third party source installs.

Detection, on 27 January 2013 - 01:06, said:

Bluestacks lets you mess with the OS ? I only remember getting some small Apps only screen

No, I mean WindowsAndroid is vanilla and that BlueStacks isn't a real working OS liek we're playing with here.

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Nashy, on 27 January 2013 - 01:17, said:

I've got a file manager working. Placed the APK directly into /system/app/ and reboot.

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As stated previously in the thread. You can't simply add the apps to downloads and install them as you can't set third party source installs.



No, I mean WindowsAndroid is vanilla and that BlueStacks isn't a real working OS liek we're playing with here.

Can you link to the apk you used for the file manager?

I tried a lot and they all failed to load

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I understand what you mean

[Nashy]

http://www.papktop.c...hp?postid=70518

[Tommy A Hansen]

Just a quick note reg. Chrome for Android.

Chrome can not be installed from the Google Play store if you have an Android version below v 4.1, so only 4.1 + through the Play store.

I have had some success installing apk's for chrome on lower versions before, but some versions out there are fake or older versions not fit for regular use. Be cautious when using those custom apk's! If you have a rooted Android phone (or ideally a tablet) with Chrome you can attempt to extract it, but I can not guarantee it will work. Nandroid backup method mentioned above is a good way to try it.

I will play with this version once it runs, getting a openGL error saying it is v. 1.10 which is BS. Updating drivers and will see.

Maybe I will try to make a cyanogenmod version of it with included file manager and gapps.. Sounds fun