Last week Google opened the door for Android apps on Chrome OS. The first four apps arrived: Duolingo, Evernote, Vine, and Sight Words. Google promises that more apps will be on the way in the coming months.

By using a small JavaScript you can side-load any Android app onto a Chromebook. The apps run under the Android App Runtime, which is the same exact way as the “official” apps. This script is not for the faint of heart, but can be done if you know your way around some code. The creator of this hack has provided a guide for anyone who wants to try it, but he says it’s more of a “proof-of-concept.” Hit the link below the video if you’re eager to use Android apps on your Chromebook. And learn how to run any Android app on Chromebooks.

The creator also mentioned

This is a proof of concept. You can run up to 4 Android applications right now with the regular runtime. By default the chromeos-apk tool replaces the Vine app. Read the multiple apps manual to load more than one application at a time. To load unlimited number of apps read theARChon runtime guide

Tested Apps

Read the manifest guide to tweak applications.

Flipboard – Works

Flixster – Works

Twitter – Works in tablet and phone mode

Pandora – Works [Screenshot]

Yahoo Screens, Weather and Mail work in Phone mode (might need to remove gcm from usePlayServices in manifest.json ).

from in ). Soundcloud – Works, crashes when playing sound

Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Spotify – Crashes (require native libraries)

Opera Mini – works, issues with the back button

Gyro Game – Works

Break Bricks Game – Works

Swing Copters – Crashes on Google Play Services

WhatsApp – Crashes

IMDB – Works

Skype com.skype.raider – Works, requires you to enter the package name manually in the CLI, use com.skype.raider . Use an older version of APK 5.0.0.x to get this to work.

– Works, requires you to enter the package name manually in the CLI, use . Use an older version of APK 5.0.0.x to get this to work. XBMC – Crash after initial load.

Microsoft Remote Desktop – App seems to work properly after crashing once.

Source: https://github.com/vladikoff/chromeos-apk