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A Quick History Snapshot

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The day I was given a Pandigital Novel
eReader was the day I became an Android user.
The Pandigital eReader ran Cupcake, which just
wasnt sufficient for me. I wanted much more
and since I am into repurposing all kinds of
things, I searched Google for ways to upgrade
its software instead of chucking it somewhere.
I quickly learned that I could turn the Pandigital
eReader into an Android tablet. And, I got real
excited - Google Play is loaded with awesome
games and office apps! So, after finding a couple
of resources I deemed as highly credible, I
followed the steps (had to piece some together)
that were provided and successfully converted it
into an Android tablet that ran Eclair. It was
awesome! Quite naturally, I wanted Jelly Bean
next, but that would really be pushing it on the
Pandigital. Eventually, a Jelly Bean phone was
gifted to me, which I also rootedbloatware is
ridiculousand repurposed it. Im actually quite

satisfied with Jelly Bean, but will one day

upgrade it to the latest.
Meanwhile, I had also got my mind and hands
into running Android natively on computers
(desktop and laptop). That was pretty cool, too,
to say the least. Ever since I came into all this
wonderful knowledge and learned more about
open-source resources (including OS), I started
to strongly consider getting rid of Windows
OS more than I ever had in the past. However, I
never got around to actually doing it, though,
until recently.
After more than two decades of being in an
arranged virtual marriageuh, no, relationship
with Windows OS, I have to say that I do not
for a second regret my decision to cut the cord.
Yes, I am telling you that I have finally and
totally dumped Windows for Linux OS! No
straddling the fence with dual booting; just me
giving Windows two boots in the behind and
moving Linux into its new empty mansion on
my desktop computer, or PC.
Now, I have tried a handful of many Linux OS

distros but I am beyond happy with Linux

Mint 17. So, that is the environment in which
I use to get Android apps running in Chrome.
Also, in order for me to stay truthful, I will only
write about what I use to make Android apps run
in Chrome browser. Fair enough? Okay, without
further ado, here is the detailed accountin real
timeof what has proven to work for me.
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Table of Contents
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How to Run Android Apps in Chrome
Browser
A Quick History Snapshot
Run, Android!: Method No. 1
Where Twerk Meets Vladikoff ARChon
Runtime
Prerequisite: Folder Creation
Get Organized: Folder Creation Shortcut
Get Organized: Manual Folder Creation
Requirements: Downloads
Step-By-Step: Google Chrome Browser
Download: Google Chrome Browser
Install: Google Chrome Browser
Step-By-Step: Vladikoff ARChon Runtime

Download: Vladikoff ARChon Runtime

Install: Vladikoff ARChon Runtime
Step-By-Step: Twerk App for Chrome
Install: Twerk App for Chrome
Run: Twerk App for Chrome
Step-By-Step: Google Play Store
Find & Copy: Angry Birds Stella App
Step-By-Step: Evozi APK Downloader
Download: Angry Birds Stella App APK
Step-By-Step: APK Twerk Conversion
Convert: Angry Birds Stella APK in Twerk
Install: Angry Birds Stella APK by Twerk
in Chrome
Play Options: New Chrome App
Time to Let Android Play in His New
Playing Field
Run: Angry Birds Stella App in Chrome
Results: Its Not Working!

Results: Android is Now Playing in

His New Playing Field!
More Troubleshooting
The WebGL Error in Google Chrome
Extensions
Twerk Orientation Settings
Method No.1 Abandonment
Abandon: Method No. 1
Coming Soon: Alternative Method No. 2 &
Method No. 3

Run, Android!: Method No. 1

Where Twerk Meets Vladikoff ARChon

Runtime

Prerequisite: Folder Creation

Get Organized: Folder Creation Shortcut

1. Download the pre-packaged folder setup
from Google Drive.
2. There should only be 5 folders contained in
the .zip file and nothing else (no files).

Get Organized: Manual Folder Creation

1. On the Linux Mint taskbar, I click on the
default green folder icon (when I hover over
it, it reads Files).
2. A Home windows opens up.
3. I navigate to the left gray sidebar and under
My Computer, I click on Documents.
4. In the now Documents window, near the top
and to the right, I click on the icon that is a
folder with a + sign on it (the hover message
reads Create a new folder)
5. I name the folder Run Android Apps in
Chrome.
6. Double click it to open it.
7. I click on the icon that is a folder with a +
sign on it to create another folder.
8. Name the folder 0 - Setup.
9. Click on the icon that is a folder with a + sign
on it to create another folder.
10. Name the folder 1 - APK Downloader
Downloads.
11. Click on the icon that is a folder with a + sign
on it to create another folder.

12. Name the folder 2 - Twerk APK

Conversions.
13. Thats all for now, unless you want to add sub
folders to folders 1 and 2 to represent the
different categories of apps out there.

Requirements: Downloads

Google Chrome Browser for Linux

This is the site from where I will be getting
Chrome Browser:
https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/
Vladikoff ARChon Runtime for Chrome

This is the site from where I will be getting

ARChon Runtime:
https://github.com/vladikoff/chromeosapk/blob/master/archon.md
Google Play Store (not a download)
This is the site from where I will be getting
APK Downloader:
https://play.google.com/store/apps?hl=en
APK Downloader

This is the site from where I will be getting

APK Downloader: http://apps.evozi.com/apkdownloader/
Twerk

This is the site from where I will be getting

Twerk:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/twerk/
hl=en

Step-By-Step: Google Chrome Browser

Download: Google Chrome Browser

1. Using Firefox browser, I go to the Google
Chrome Browser download page.
2. I take notice of
Debian/Ubuntu/Fedora/openSUSE Linux
OS distros listed under the Download
Chrome blue button. According to
LinuxMint.com, Linux Mint is based on
Debian and Ubuntu
3. Click on the Download Chrome blue button.
4. A Download Chrome for Linux
window/lightbox pops up.
5. I have a 32-bit system and a Debian/Ubuntu
based distro, so I select 32 bit .deb (For
Debian/Ubuntu).
6. I actually didnt read the Google Chrome
Terms of Service literature, but dont be like
me and not read it.
7. Next, I click on the Accept and Install blue
button to download the package to my
Downloads folder.

Install: Google Chrome Browser

1. After it downloads, I click on the blue
download arrow icon on the Firefox browser
to quickly access my downloads.
2. I click on google-chromestable_current_i386.deb file.
3. Package Installer opens up.
4. To install Chrome, which is currently version
39.1.2171.99, I click on the Install Package
button.
5. When done, I click on the Close button to
exit out of Package Installer.

Step-By-Step: Vladikoff ARChon Runtime

Download: Vladikoff ARChon Runtime

1. Using Chrome browser, I go to Github to
download Vladikoff ARChon Runtime.
2. I scroll down a little and see a download chart
section.
3. The runtime that is appropriate for my 32-bit
system is the second option: ARChon 1.2 Intel x86 Chrome 32-bit / Chrome OS 32-bit
(Win1 32-bit: Use something like Chrome
Beta 38.0.2125.77 beta-m).
4. So, I click on the BitBucket dowload link.
5. Immediately the downloads bar at the bottom
of Chrome pops up as the package starts
downloading to my Downloads folder.

Install: Vladikoff ARChon Runtime

1. After it downloads, I click on the vladikoffarchon-2d.zip file in the downloads bar at
the bottom of Chrome.
2. A vladikoff-archon-2d4c947b3f04.zip
window pops open.
3. On the panel, I click on the Files folder icon.
4. On the left sidebar, under My Computer, I
click on Documents.
5. I double click on Run Android Apps in
Chrome folder.
6. From the vladikoff-archon2d4c947b3f04.zip window, I click and drag
the folder vladikoff-archon-2d4c947b3f04
over to my 0 - Setup folder.
7. I navigate back to Chrome and type the
following into the url bar:
chrome://extensions.
8. Press enter.
9. In the top right corner, I ticker the box
preceding Developer mode by clicking on it.
10. Immediately, three buttons are made visible:
Load unpacked extension, Pack

extension, and Update extensions now.

11. I click on the first button: Load unpacked
extension
12. A Select the extension directory window
pops open.
13. I click on Documents folder.
14. I double click on Run Android Apps in
Chrome folder.
15. I also double click on 0 - Setup folder.
16. Then I click (only one time to select) on
vladikoff-archon-2d4c947b3f04.
17. And then I click the Open button in the
bottom right corner of that same window.
18. I see a green circle icon (a cross between
Android and Chrome logos) with ARChon
Custom Runtime 1.2 - x86_32 to the right of
it.
19. The box preceding Enabled is tickered by
default.
20. I also cant help but notice a big pink box
with warnings, which I also ignore:
minimum_chrome_version is only
allowed for extensions, hosted apps,

legacy packaged apps, and packaged

apps, but this is a shared module.
Unrecognized manifest key
arc_build_tag.

Step-By-Step: Twerk App for Chrome

Install: Twerk App for Chrome

1. In Chrome, I click the Apps shortcut on the
bookmarks bar.
2. Click on the Chrome Web Store app and wait
for the store to load.
3. In the search field, I type: twerk.
4. Press enter.
5. Immediately I see Twerk by nerd.of.steel and
click the blue + Free button.
6. A Confirm New App pop-up box opens
about adding Twerk.
7. In the bottom right corner, I click on the
Add button.
8. The download bar at the bottom of the
browser shows the app downloading. The
Chrome Web Store app box also opens and I
see the pink and white Twerk logo with a
greyed-out installation load bar underneath.
9. An error has occurred pop-up box appears
about the download being interrupted. Just
great (not really). And, I am presented with
two options to pick from: reload or close.
10. I select Reload and all that happens is a page

refresh. Right.
11. Now I have to troubleshoot: 1) I click and
drag the url to my bookmarks bar, 2) Ctrl+H,
3) click on Clear browsing data button at
the top, 4) make sure the beginning of time
is showing in the drop down window, 5) make
sure all boxes are tickered, 6) in the bottom
right corner, click on Clear browsing data,
and 7) close the browser.
12. Reopen Chrome.
13. From my bookmarks bar, I click on my
shortcut to the Twerk search results in the
Chrome Web Store.
14. Click on the blue + Free button again.
15. The Confirm New App pop-up box reopens.
16. I click on the Add button in the bottom right
corner.
17. The download bar at the bottom of the
browser shows the app downloading. The
Chrome Web Store app box also re-opens and
I see the pink and white Twerk logo with a
greyed-out installation load bar underneath,
which turns blue after a few seconds.

18. The download bar disappears, the Chrome

Web Store - twerk page refreshes, and an
Added green tag is now affixed to the Twerk
thumbnail image.
19. I right click on the Chrome Web Store
shortcut from my bookmarks bar.
20. Select Delete from the menu.

Run: Twerk App for Chrome

1. From the bookmarks bar in Chrome, I click
on the Apps shortcut.
2. Click on Twerk, the pink and white Android
icon.
3. A Twerk window pops open.

Step-By-Step: Google Play Store

Find & Copy: Angry Birds Stella App

1. In Chrome, I go to the Google Play Store.
2. In the search field, I type in Angry Birds
Stella.
3. Press enter.
4. I see Angry Birds Stella by Rovio
Entertainment in the results.
5. Right click on the title.
6. Select Copy link address.

Step-By-Step: Evozi APK Downloader

Download: Angry Birds Stella App APK

1. In Chrome, I go to the Evozi APK
Downloader.
2. In the Package name or Google Play URL
field, Ctrl+V.
3. Highlight and delete everything from h to
=.
4. I am left with com.rovio.angrybirdsstella.
5. Click on the blue Generate Download Link
button and wait.
6. In a few seconds, I see the APK details (e.g.
package name, file size, QR code, MD5 file
hash, last fetched, and version) along with its
thumbnail.
7. Right click on the thumbnail.
8. Select the Save image as option.
9. The Save File window appears.
10. In the left sidebar titled Places, I click on
Documents.
11. Double click on Run Android Apps in
Chrome folder.
12. Double click on 1 - APK Downloader
Downloads folder.

13. In the bottom right corner, click on the Save

button.
14. The downloads bar at the bottom of Chrome
appears as the thumbnail downloads. (I will
come back to this later.)
15. Underneath the blue Generate Download
Link button, click on the green Click here to
download com.rovio.angrybirdsstella now
button.
16. The Save File window appears.
17. In the left sidebar titled Places, I click on
Documents.
18. Double click on Run Android Apps in
Chrome folder.
19. Double click on 1 - APK Downloader
Downloads folder.
20. In the bottom right corner, click on the Save
button.
21. The APK downloads and shows up in the
downloads bar at the bottom of Chrome.

Step-By-Step: APK Twerk Conversion

Convert: Angry Birds Stella APK in Twerk

1. From the downloads bar at the bottom of
Chrome, I click and drag the file over to the
Twerk app.
2. In the Application Name field, type: Angry
Birds Stella.
3. Near the top right corner, I click on the green
and white Android thumbnail.
4. The Open File window appears.
5. In the left sidebar titled Places, I click on
Documents.
6. Double click on Run Android Apps in
Chrome folder.
7. Double click on 1 - APK Downloader
Downloads folder.
8. Select com.rovio.angrybirdsstella.png file.
9. In the bottom right corner, click on the Open
button.
10. I no longer see the default green and white
Android icon, but the Angry Birds Stella icon.
11. Leave ARChon Runtime option alone.
12. Change Phone to Tablet (the app will
display bigger) by clicking on its greyed-out

circle in the right column, which will turn

blue.
13. Change Portrait to Landscape (on a phone
or tablet, the app displays this way by default)
by clicking on its greyed-out circle in the
right column, which will turn blue.
14. Leave Fixed Size option alone.
15. Leave Disabled External Directory option
alone.
16. Leave Offline Enabled option alone, too.
17. Click on the pink and white Twerk icon at the
bottom.
18. The Select Folder window appears.
19. My Run Android Apps in Chrome folder is
already open, so I just click on 2 - Twerk
APK Conversions.
20. In the bottom right corner, click on the Open
button.
21. More times than not, the Twerk app will
display a message about the success of the
app being build. However, for the first time, it
did not show up. And, thats not a problem.
22. I simply went to my 2 - Twerk APK
Conversions folder to ensure the folder

com.rovio.angrybirdsstella_twerk was there.

And, it was successful.

Install: Angry Birds Stella APK by Twerk in

Chrome
1. In Chrome, I type the following into the url
bar: chrome://extensions.
2. Press enter.
3. I click on the first button: Load unpacked
extension
4. A Select the extension directory window
pops open.
5. I click on Documents folder.
6. I double click on Run Android Apps in
Chrome folder.
7. I also double click on 2 - Twerk APK
Conversions folder.
8. Then I click (only one time to select) on
com.rovio.angrybirdsstella_twerk.
9. And then I click the Open button in the
bottom right corner of that same window.
10. The extensions are listed alphabetically. And,
I see Angry Birds Stella at the top with
another pink box of warnings, but this time
just one, which I will also ignore:
Unrecognized manifest key arc_metadata.

11. The box preceding Enabled is tickered by

default.

Play Options: New Chrome App

Time to Let Android Play in His New

Playing Field

Run: Angry Birds Stella App in Chrome

Now, I have three options to run Angry Birds
Stella:
1. On Google Chrome Extensions page
(chrome://extensions), I can click on the
Launch link under the Angry Birds Stella
app name.
2. On the Chrome bookmarks bar, I can click on
the Apps shortcut and click on the Angry
Birds Stella app.
3. On the panel, click on Menu, click on
Chrome Apps, and then click on Angry
Birds Stella app.
Since I have the Google Chrome Extensions
page still open, I will just choose option #1 and
click the Launch link under the Angry Birds
Stella app name to run the app.

Results: Its Not Working!

Okay, I attempted to launch the app three times

through the Chrome Extensions page to no avail.

The only positive sign of it potentially working
was the app window opening with the Angry
Bird Stella icon inside. That is promising and
encouraging. So, I will restart my computer.
Usually, that works in making the apps run and
smoothly in Chrome. So, I will be back.

Results: Android is Now Playing in His

New Playing Field!
I am back. And, I am happy to say that my PC
restarter trick worked like a charm, again! I was
successfully able to play Angry Birds Stella in
Chrome and without it ever crashing.

More Troubleshooting

The WebGL Error in Google Chrome

Extensions

There was a time when I received a yellow box

with a WebGL Error after uploading a Twerk
converted APK of the original Angry Birds
game into Google Chrome Extensions. Heres
what I did to rectify the problem:
1. In Chrome, I typed the following into the url
bar: chrome://flags.
2. Pressed enter.
3. I read the red WARNING at the top.
Afterward, I saw a rather long list of
experiements which is also known as
Google Chrome Experiments. I will just
copy and paste what mine looks like below,
which you can mirror in your chrome://flags
if you feel comfortable with the warning:
Override software rendering list Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS, Android
Overrides the built-in software rendering list and enables GPU-acceleration on
unsupported system configurations. #ignore-gpu-blacklist

Enable

Disable layer squashing Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS, Android

Prevents the automatic combining of composited layers. #disable_layer_squashing
Enable

Enable experimental canvas features Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS,

Android
Enables the use of experimental canvas features which are still in development.
#enable-experimental-canvas-features
Enable

Disable accelerated 2D canvas Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS, Android

Disables the use of the GPU to perform 2d canvas rendering and instead uses
software rendering. #disable-accelerated-2d-canvas
Enable

Enable display list 2D canvas Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS, Android
Enables the use of display lists to record 2D canvas commands. This allows 2D
canvas rasterization to be performed on separate thread. #enable-display-list-2dcanvas
Default

Composited render layer borders Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS, Android
Renders a border around composited Render Layers to help debug and study layer
compositing. #composited-layer-borders
Enable

FPS counter Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS, Android

Shows a pages actual frame rate, in frames per second, when hardware acceleration
is active. #show-fps-counter
Enable

Disable WebGL Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS, Android

Enabling this option prevents web applications from accessing the WebGL API.
#disable-webgl
Enable

Compositing for RenderLayers with transitions. Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome

OS, Android
Enabling this option will make RenderLayers with a transition on opacity,
transform, or filter have their own composited layer.#enable-compositing-fortransition
Default

Native Client Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS, Android

Enable Native Client for all web applications, even those that were not installed
from the Chrome Web Store. #enable-nacl
Enable

Native Client GDB-based debugging Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS

Enable GDB debug stub. This will stop a Native Client application on startup and
wait for nacl-gdb (from the NaCl SDK) to attach to it. #enable-nacl-debug
Enable

Restrict Native Client GDB-based debugging by pattern Mac, Windows, Linux,

Chrome OS
Restricts Native Client application GDB-based debugging by URL of manifest file.
Native Client GDB-based debugging must be enabled for this option to work. #nacldebug-mask
Debug everything except secure shell and the PNaCl translator.

Experimental Extension APIs Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS

Enables experimental extension APIs. Note that the extension gallery doesnt allow
you to upload extensions that use experimental APIs. #extension-apis
Enable

Extensions on chrome:// URLs Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS, Android

Enables running extensions on chrome:// URLs, where extensions explicitly request
this permission. #extensions-on-chrome-urls
Enable

Enable fast tab/window close Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS, Android
Enables fast tab/window closing - runs a tabs onunload js handler independently of
the GUI. #enable-fast-unload
Enable

Enable window-controls element Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS

Enables using window-controls HTML elements in packaged apps. #enable-appwindow-controls
Enable

Disable hyperlink auditing Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS, Android

Disable sending hyperlink auditing pings. #disable-hyperlink-auditing
Enable

Show Autofill predictions Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS, Android

Annotates web forms with Autofill field type predictions as placeholder text.
#show-autofill-type-predictions
Enable

Smooth Scrolling Linux

Enable the experimental smooth scrolling implementation. #enable-smoothscrolling
Enable

Overlay Scrollbars Windows, Linux, Chrome OS

Enable the experimental overlay scrollbars implementation. You must also enable

threaded compositing to have the scrollbars animate. #overlay-scrollbars

Default

Enable Panels Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS

Enable Panel windows that open outside of the browser frame. Attempts to open a
Panel will open a popup instead if not enabled. Panels are always enabled on the
dev and canary channels. #enable-panels
Enable

Save Page as MHTML Mac, Windows, Linux

Enables saving pages as MHTML: a single text file containing HTML and all subresources. #save-page-as-mhtml
Enable

Experimental QUIC protocol. Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS, Android

Enable experimental QUIC protocol support. #enable-quic
Default

Enable SPDY/4 Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS, Android

Enable SPDY/4, which is the HTTP/2 standard. Currently experimental. #enablespdy4
Enable

Built-in Asynchronous DNS Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS

Enable experimental asynchronous DNS client. #enable-async-dns
Default

Disable Media Source API. Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS, Android
Disable the MediaSource object. This object allows JavaScript to send media data
directly to a video element. #disable-media-source
Enable

Enable Encrypted Media Extensions. Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS,

Android
Enable Encrypted Media Extensions on video and audio elements. This enables the
latest version of the Encrypted Media Extensions. #enable-encrypted-media
Enable

Disable prefixed Encrypted Media Extensions. Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome

OS, Android
Disable the experimental version of Encrypted Media Extensions on video and
audio elements. #disable-prefixed-encrypted-media
Enable

Enable Experimental JavaScript Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS, Android

Enable web pages to use experimental JavaScript features. #enable-javascriptharmony
Enable

Enable experimental Web Platform features. Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS,
Android
Enable experimental Web Platform features that are in development. #enableexperimental-web-platform-features
Enable

Disable NTP Other devices menu. Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS

Disable the new tab page menu for accessing tabs on other devices. #disable-ntpother-sessions-menu
Enable

Enable Material Design NTP. Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS

Enable the Material Design New Tab Page. #enable-material-design-ntp
Default

Enable Developer Tools experiments. Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS

Enable Developer Tools experiments. Use Settings panel in Developer Tools to
toggle individual experiments. #enable-devtools-experiments
Enable

Enable Silent Debugging. Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS

Do not show the infobar when an extension attaches to a page via chrome.debugger
API. This flag is required to debug extension background pages. #silent-debuggerextension-api
Enable

Enable Automatic Spelling Correction Windows, Linux, Chrome OS

Turn on autocorrection of text while typing. Synchronous spellchecking is not
compatible with this feature. #spellcheck-autocorrect
Enable

Enable scroll prediction Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS

Predicts the fingers future position during scrolls allowing time to render the frame
before the finger is there. #enable-scroll-prediction
Enable

Enable touch events Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS

Force touchscreen support to always be enabled or disabled, or to be enabled when
a touchscreen is detected on startup (Automatic, the default). #touch-events
Automatic

Disable touch adjustment. Windows, Linux, Chrome OS, Android

Disables touch adjustment support. Touch adjustment is the process of refining the
position of a touch gesture in order to compensate for touches having poor
resolution compared to a mouse. #disable-touch-adjustment
Enable

Enable Download Resumption Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS

Allow downloads that have been interrupted to be continued or restarted, using the
Resume context menu item. #enable-download-resumption
Enable

NaCl Socket API. Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS

Allows applications to use NaCl Socket API. Use only to test NaCl plugins. #allownacl-socket-api
Enable

Disallow shelf to minimize-on-click. Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS, Android

Disallow the shelf to minimize a window if a shelf item gets clicked which has only
a single, already active, window associated with it. #disable-minimize-on-secondlauncher-item-click
Enable

Show HUD for touch points Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS, Android
Enables a heads-up display at the top-left corner of the screen that lists information
about the touch-points on the screen.#show-touch-hud
Enable

Enable pinch scale. Windows, Linux, Chrome OS

Enables experimental support for scale using pinch. #enable-pinch
Default

Enable pinch virtual viewport. Windows, Linux, Chrome OS, Android

When zoomed in, fixed-position elements and scaled scrollbars attach to this
viewport. #enable-pinch-virtual-viewport
Default

Enable viewport meta tag. Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS

Enables handling of the viewport meta tag to allow pages to set the layout width and
user zoom properties. #enable-viewport-meta

Enable

Debugging keyboard shortcuts Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS, Android

Enables additional keyboard shortcuts that are useful for debugging Chromium.
#ash-debug-shortcuts
Enable

Enable debugging for packed apps. Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS

Enables debugging context menu options such as Inspect Element for packed
applications. #debug-packed-apps
Enable

Enable password generation. Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS, Android

Allow the user to have Chrome generate passwords when it detects account creation
pages. #enable-password-generation
Default

Save passwords automatically. Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS

Skip the passwords prompt and save passwords automatically. #enable-automaticpassword-saving
Enable

Enable remote password management link Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS,
Android
Show a link in the password manager settings page to manage your synced
passwords online. #enable-password-link
Default

Enable deferred image decoding. Mac, Linux, Chrome OS

Defer image decoding operations in WebKit until painting. #enable-deferred-imagedecoding
Enable

Use Wallet sandbox servers Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS, Android
For developers: use the sandbox service for Wallet API calls for
requestAutocomplete(). #wallet-service-use-sandbox
Default

Overscroll history navigation Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS, Android

Experimental history navigation in response to horizontal overscroll. #overscrollhistory-navigation
Enabled

Enable Mojo based IPC channel for renderers Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome
OS, Android
Enable Mojo based IPC channel for communication between browser process and
renderer processes. #enable-renderer-mojo-channel
Enable

Enable touch based text editing Windows, Linux, Chrome OS

Touch editing can be initiated by tapping on a textfield or a selected text. #enabletouch-editing
Default

Enable the stale-while-revalidate cache directive Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome

OS, Android
Enable the experimental implementation of the Cache-Control: stale-whilerevalidate directive. This permits servers to specify that some resources may be
revalidated in the background to improve latency. #enable-stale-while-revalidate
Enable

Enable the supervised user host blacklist Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS,
Android
Enable the host blacklist for use by supervised users. #enable-supervised-userblacklist

Default

Enable the supervised user SafeSites filter Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS,
Android
Enable SafeSites filtering for supervised users. #enable-supervised-user-safesites
Default

Enable Synced Notifications Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS

Enable experimental Synchronized Notifications. #enable-sync-synced-notifications
Default

Enable App Launcher sync Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS

Enable App Launcher sync. This also enables Folders where available (non OSX).
#enable-sync-app-list
Default

Impl-side painting Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS, Android

If enabled, painting is done on a separate thread instead of the main thread. #implside-painting
Default

LCD text antialiasing Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS

If disabled, text is rendered with grayscale antialiasing instead of LCD (subpixel)
when doing accelerated compositing. #lcd-text-aa
Default

Maximum tiles for interest area Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS, Android
Specify the maximum tiles for interest area. #max-tiles-for-interest-area
Default

Enable Offline Auto-Reload Mode Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS, Android
Pages that fail to load while the browser is offline will be auto-reloaded when the
browser is online again. #enable-offline-auto-reload
Default

Only Auto-Reload Visible Tabs Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS, Android
Pages that fail to load while the browser is offline will only be auto-reloaded if their
tab is visible. #enable-offline-auto-reload-visible-only
Default

Enable Offline Load Stale Button Mac, Windows, Linux, Android

When a page fails to load, if a stale copy of the page exists in the browser, a button
will be presented to allow the user to load that stale copy. #enable-offline-loadstale-cache
Default

Default tile width Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS, Android

Specify the default tile width. #default-tile-width
Default

Default tile height Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS, Android

Specify the default tile height. #default-tile-height
Default

Disable the Extensions Info dialog. Windows, Linux, Chrome OS

Disables the Extensions Info dialog from being launched from the
chrome://extensions page (reverts to the old-style dialog).#disable-extension-infodialog
Enable

Simple Cache for HTTP. Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS

The Simple Cache for HTTP is a new cache. It relies on the filesystem for disk
space allocation. #enable-simple-cache-backend
Default

Enable TCP Fast Open Linux, Chrome OS, Android

Enable the option to send extra authentication information in the initial SYN packet
for a previously connected client, allowing faster data send start. #enable-tcp-fastopen
Enable

Device Discovery Notifications Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS

Device discovery notifications on local network. #device-discovery-notifications
Default

Enable Google Cloud Devices Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS

Enabled Google Cloud Devices features. #enable-cloud-devices
Enable

Enable Print Preview Registration Promos Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS

Enable registering unregistered cloud printers from print preview. #enable-printpreview-register-promos
Enable

Tab capture upscaling quality. Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS, Android
Specifies quality setting for images captured if scaling up. #tab-capture-upscalequality
Default

Tab capture downscaling quality. Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS, Android
Specifies quality setting for images captured if scaling down. #tab-capture-

downscale-quality
Default

Spelling Feedback Field Trial. Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS, Android
Enable the field trial for sending user feedback to spelling service. #enable-spellingfeedback-field-trial
Enable

Enable WebGL Draft Extensions Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS, Android
Enabling this option allows web applications to access the WebGL Extensions that
are still in draft status. #enable-webgl-draft-extensions
Enable

Enable Web MIDI API Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS, Android
Enable Web MIDI API experimental support. #enable-web-midi
Enable

Enable new profile management system Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS,
Android
Enables the new profile management system, including profile lock and the new
avatar menu UI. #enable-new-profile-management
Default

Enable identity consistency between browser and cookie jar Mac, Windows,
Linux, Chrome OS, Android
When enabled, the browser manages signing in and out of Google accounts.
#enable-account-consistency
Default

Enable fast user switching in the avatar menu Mac, Windows, Linux
Enables fast switching between users in the avatar menu. #enable-fast-userswitching

Enable

Enable the new avatar menu Mac, Windows, Linux

Enables the new avatar menu. When combined with new-profile-management, it
simply shows the new profile management avatar menu. Otherwise it shows a
redesigned avatar menu with the same functionality as the old one, plus a tutorial
card at the top prompting the user to try out the new profile management UI.
#enable-new-avatar-menu
Default

Enable pure web-based sign-in flows Mac, Windows, Linux

When enabled, will use a pure web-based sign-in flow on first run/NTP/wrench
menu/settings page. Otherwise use a native flow with embedded webview. #enableweb-based-signin
Enable

Enables webview-based Chrome sign-in flows. This flag overrides enableweb-based-signin. Mac, Windows, Linux
When enabled, will use a webview-based Chrome sign-in flow. #enable-webviewbased-signin
Enable

Enable Google profile name and icon Mac, Windows, Linux

Enables using Google information to populate the profile name and icon in the
avatar menu. #enable-google-profile-info
Enable

Reset the App Launcher install state on every restart. Mac, Windows, Linux
Reset the App Launcher install state on every restart. While this flag is set, Chrome
will forget the launcher has been installed each time it starts. This is used for testing
the App Launcher install flow. #reset-app-list-install-state
Enable

Enable the App Launcher. Linux

Enable the App Launcher. Upon enabling, creates operating system shortcuts to the
App Launcher. #enable-app-list
Enable

Disable the app info dialog. Windows, Linux, Chrome OS

Disable the app info dialog. If not disabled, the user will be able to select the App
Info context menu in the App Launcher to show the app info dialog for the selected
app. #disable-app-list-app-info
Enable

Enable one-copy rasterizer Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS, Android

If enabled, raster threads write to GPU memory. #enable-one-copy
Default

Enable zero-copy rasterizer Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS, Android

If enabled, raster threads write directly to GPU memory associated with tiles.
#enable-zero-copy
Enable

Enable experimental streamlined hosted apps. Windows, Linux, Chrome OS

Enables an experimental, more streamlined hosted app experience. #enablestreamlined-hosted-apps
Enable

Enable experimental ephemeral apps. Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS,

Android
Enables experimentation with ephemeral apps, which are launched without
installing in Chrome. #enable-ephemeral-apps
Enable

Enable experimental linkable ephemeral apps. Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome

OS, Android
Enables experimentation with launching ephemeral apps from hyperlinks. For

example, links to Chrome Web Store app detail pages in Google search results will
launch the app rather than navigate to the detail page. #enable-linkable-ephemeralapps
Enable

Enable support for ServiceWorker background sync event. Mac, Windows,

Linux, Chrome OS, Android
ServiceWorker background synchronization lets ServiceWorkers send messages and
update resources even when the page is in the background. #enable-service-workersync
Enable

Disable rect-based targeting in views Windows, Linux, Chrome OS

Disables rect-based targeting in views. Rect-based targeting uses a heuristic to
determine the most probable target of a gesture, where the touch region is
represented by a rectangle. #disable-views-rect-based-targeting
Enable

Enable show-on-first-paint for apps. Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS

Show apps windows after the first paint. Windows will be shown significantly later
for heavy apps loading resources synchronously but it will be insignificant for apps
that load most of their resources asynchronously. #enable-apps-show-on-first-paint
Enable

Enable Enhanced Bookmarks Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS, Android

Provides an off switch for enhanced bookmarks experiment #enhanced-bookmarksexperiment
Default

Number of raster threads Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS, Android

Specify the number of raster threads. #num-raster-threads
Default

Origin chip Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS

Hides the URL in the Omnibox and instead shows the hostname in a clickable chip.
#origin-chip-in-omnibox
Default

Enable search button in Omnibox Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS

Places a search button in the Omnibox. #search-button-in-omnibox
Default

Ignore autocomplete=off (Autofill) Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS

Ignore autocomplete=off for forms that Chrome can Autofill with credit card or
address data. #ignore-autocomplete-off-autofill
Enable

Use Bubbles for Permission Requests Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS

Show content permission requests (e.g. notifications, quota, camera use,
microphone use) in bubbles instead of info bars.#enable-permissions-bubbles
Default

Enable session restore bubble UI. Windows, Linux

If enabled, the session restore UI will be shown in a bubble instead of an info bar.
#enable-session-crashed-bubble
Default

Enable out of process PDF. Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS

Enable the out of process PDF plugin. #out-of-process-pdf
Enable

Disable support for Cast Streaming hardware video encoding. Mac, Windows,
Linux, Chrome OS, Android
This option disables support in Cast Streaming for encoding video streams using

platform hardware. #disable-cast-streaming-hw-encoding

Enable

Enable the experimental App Launcher. Windows, Linux, Chrome OS

Enable the experimental version of the App Launcher. #enable-experimental-applist
Enable

Center the App Launcher. Windows, Linux, Chrome OS

Positions the App Launcher in the center of the screen with a landscape aspect.
#enable-centered-app-list
Enable

Touch scrolling mode. Windows, Linux, Chrome OS, Android

Change the touch event behavior while scrolling. touchcancel is what Chrome has
historically used, and async-touchmove is the new preferred mode. #touchscrolling-mode
Default

Disable threaded scrolling. Windows, Linux, Chrome OS, Android

Disabled threaded handling of scroll-related input events, forcing all such scroll
events to be handled on the main thread. Note that this can dramatically hurt
scrolling performance of most websites and is intended for testing purposes only.
#disable-threaded-scrolling
Enable

Show settings in a window Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS

If enabled, Settings will be shown in a dedicated window instead of as a browser
tab. #enable-settings-window
Default

Enable Save Password Bubble UI Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS

Enable experimental bubble-based UI for saving passwords; replaces the existing

infobar. #enable-save-password-bubble
Default

Allow insecure WebSocket from https origin Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS,
Android
This flag makes Chrome unsafe. Use this only if you understand what this does.
Note that this flag may be removed without any notice. If enabled, frames with an
https origin can use WebSockets with an insecure URL (ws://). #allow-insecurewebsocket-from-https-origin
Enable

Enable distance field text Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS, Android
If enabled, text is rendered with signed distance fields rather than bitmap alpha
masks. #distance-field-text
Default

Extension Content Verification Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS

This flag can be used to turn on verification that the contents of the files on disk for
extensions from the webstore match what theyre expected to be. This can be used
to turn on this feature if it would not otherwise have been turned on, but cannot be
used to turn it off (because this setting can be tampered with by malware).
#extension-content-verification
Default

Experimental text input focus manager. Windows, Linux, Chrome OS

Enable an experimental focus manager to track text input clients. #text-input-focusmanager
Default

User consent for extension scripts Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS, Android
Require user consent for an extension running a script on the page, if the extension
requested permission to run on all urls.#extension-active-script-permission

Enable

HarfBuzz for UI text. Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS

Cross-platform HarfBuzz engine for UI text. Doesnt affect web content. #harfbuzzrendertext
Default

Enable experimental Ok Google hotword detection features. Mac, Windows,

Linux, Chrome OS
Enables experimental Ok Google hotword detection features, such as using the
built-in extension. The hotword extension from the Chrome Web Store will no
longer be used. #enable-experimental-hotwording
Enable

Enable embedded extension options. Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS

Display extension options as an embedded element in chrome://extensions rather
than opening a new tab. #enable-embedded-extension-options
Enable

Enables the website settings manager. Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS

Enables the website settings manager on the settings page. #enable-websitesettings-manager
Enable

Remember decisions to proceed through SSL errors for a specified length of

time. Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS, Android
Remember decisions to proceed through SSL errors for a specified length of time.
#remember-cert-error-decisions
Default

Drop sync credentials from password manager. Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome
OS, Android
If enabled, the password manager will not offer to save the credential used to sync.

#enable-drop-sync-credential
Default

Enable extension toolbar redesign. Windows, Linux, Chrome OS

Enables the (in development) new extension toolbar toolbar design. #enableextension-action-redesign
Enable

Autofill sync credential Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS, Android

How the password manager handles autofill for the sync credential. #autofill-synccredential
Default

Enable experiments that message center always scroll up upon notification

removal. Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS
Enables experiment that message center always scroll up when a notification is
removed. #enable-message-center-always-scroll-up-upon-notification-removal
Enable

Enable tab audio muting UI control. Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS

When enabled, the audio indicators in the tab strip double as tab audio mute
controls. This also adds commands in the tab context menu for quickly muting
multiple selected tabs. #enable-tab-audio-muting
Enable

Enable the experimental Credential Manager API. Mac, Windows, Linux,

Chrome OS, Android
Enables an experimental implementation of the Credential Manager API. No
promises that this wont expose all your passwords to every site on the web; dont
enable this unless you know what youre doing. #enable-credential-manager-api
Enable

Enable Plugin Power Saver. Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS

Enables experimental power saver mode for peripheral plugin content. #enableplugin-power-saver
Enable

Minimum SSL/TLS version supported. Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS,

Android
Configure the minimum SSL/TLS version that can be used when connecting to
HTTPS servers. #ssl-version-min
Default

Twerk Orientation Settings

I learned that sometimes the settings in the

Twerk appbefore building the Twerk APK
versionneed to be changed. The settings to
focus on is the device setting and orientation
setting. So, any of the combinations below:
Phone + Portrait
Phone + Landscape
Tablet + Portrait
Tablet + Landscape
I messed around with the other Twerk app
settings, but they had no impact on getting the
Android app to run in Chrome. So, Im not
going to waste time telling you what
combinations of settings I did there.

Method No.1 Abandonment

Abandon: Method No. 1

There are times I have to remind myself that
Method No.1 is not 100% full-proof in getting
Android apps to run in Chrome browser.
Sometimes, Twerk conversions just refuse to
work in Chrome and on my system. And, when
this happens I just call it quits on
troubleshooting the method any further.

Coming Soon: Alternative Method No. 2 &

Method No. 3
Now that I have learned two other ways to get
an Android app to run in Chrome, I rarely
troubleshoot Method No.1 when I hit a snag.
One of these methods involves me manually
going into the code. (Not to worry, its more like
a plug-in-play kind of setup - really simple to
do). The other method involves me using
another converter tool. Again, neither is 100%
full-proof, but they are still worth doing when
Twerk is giving me grief.
Moreover, I will be working on writing out the
details of how I get the alternative methods to
work for me in another comprehensive step-bystep guide. And, if you do not want to do the
research like I did and problem solve like I did,
then be sure to keep checking back to know
when I have released the new how-tos for
getting Android to play in his new Chrome
playground!

Alternatively, you can reach out to me using my

email links on the Thank You page in the
beginning of this book, if you want to be
notified when Im done writing the books and
when I have released them.
Thanks again for being a customer and your
continued support!