Chromebook is a Google netbook which runs the cloud operating system Chrome OS.
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Programming on samsung chromebook
I would like to use my samsung chromebook to develop for app engine using python, unfortunately now it is not possible as I only have browser there.
There are online IDE's like codule but they are not good enough yet.
So in this regards I have 3…

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How to detect programmatically if "Android App" is running in chrome book or in Android phone
Since Google has announced that chromebook also support "Android Application" so I also wanted to support my app on chromebook although it is running fine with few exception which I need to fix.
I want to write code in such a way that that is will…

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Tools.jar is not in Android Studio classpath
I tried installing Android Studio on a Samsung Chromebook Series 3 with an ARM processor, but I'm stuck with the Java. Any help would be appreciated.
Downloaded and extracted Android Studio
Downloaded and extracted Java 1.7.0_21 JDK ARM
Completed…

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newly created Chromebook OS emulator crashes on startup
I recently created a Chromebook OS emulator on Android Studio with the help of https://developer.android.com/topic/arc/emulator , however, it crashes on launch and getting following errors
12:12 PM Emulator: qemu-system-x86_64: -usbdevice…

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What will be the side-loading and debugging mechanism for Android apps on ChromeOS?
I've gone through everything on http://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/android-apps and also watched the IO video and there doesn't seem to be any mention of what the side-loading (and debugging) mechanism available for developing/testing Android apps…

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Reverse scrolling in Chromebook
Is there a way that I can change my Chromebook's scrolling as OS X Lion's reverse scrolling? I both use Chromebook and MacBook Air. Reverse scrolling just makes sense.

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Push Google Colab ipynb to Github?
I'm on a Chromebook (stock setup), but relatively new to the whole coding business. Presently, I'm trying to gain familiarity with Google Colaboratory coupled to Google Drive to do data analysis anywhere.
My problem, then is this: Since I can access…

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Is it possible to Install Android Studio on ChromeBook?
For my understanding, Chrome Book is more than just a browser, so I am wondering, if it is possible to install Android Studio on Chrome Book.
Credit to @navigaid
As of now, Android Studio is ChromeBook is in preview.…

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eclipse for chrome?
I use eclipse IDE for developing my GWT and android apps. I would like to transition to a chromebook for my main development computer, but I can't figure out how I would get eclipse "installed". There is no chrome app version of eclipse, at least…

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Mailto link not copying body of email on Chromebook
I'm generating a mailto: link that also contains the body of an email. I'm opening the link using JavaScript to launch the mailto: client of the OS. On Chromebooks the link opens Gmail with the email address, but not the body of the email. This is…

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How to Move a Line Up or Down in Visual Studio Code on Chromebook
I know how to do it on Mac, Linux and Windows, but it doesn't work on Chromebook. You'd expect it to be alt-up/down like Win/Linux, but that is treated like home and end.
Anybody know the trick?

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What is the most reliable way to get the IP of the Android device my app is running on? Not the public IP
I have an app that has a web server that the user will access from their home LAN. Currently I have two ways of getting the device IP and I don't know which is more likely to be the right one.
My normal way:
List interfaces =…

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Disable Chrome Web Security On Chromebook
I know how to disable chrome web security flag on Windows. But I'm on chromebook and have no idea how to disable XSS Auditor aka chrome web security flag on chromebook for pentesting.
Please help! Thanks!
Edit: This question address the fact that I…

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Chrome on Chromebook Fails to Load Styles From CDN
I have an HTML page which references a number of stylesheets. Most of the stylesheets are "local" to the website. I have one stylesheet, however, that I reference from a CDN. It's the Font-Awesome css file. My reference is as follows:

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Register protocol handler for Android app on chromebook/chrome OS to open external link?
I have an Intent Filter in the Manifest file to launch my Android app when a custom URI is clicked. For example, clicking a link with a custom protocol like "XXX://123912967326" from the browser on my Android phone will open my app.
Now, I'm using…

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