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ChromeOS laptop installation guide

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Conway's Game Of Life Lab

Version 2.0 for ChromeOS

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Install with the Linux Terminal

Sideload on your Chromebook

Install the downloaded APK

  1. Confirm Android app support. Open Settings → Apps → Manage Google Play preferences. If that option is absent, the Chromebook cannot run Android APKs.
  2. Set up Linux. Open Settings → About ChromeOS → Developers. Beside Linux development environment, select Set up and finish the prompts.
  3. Enable ADB debugging. In Settings, open Developers → Linux development environment → Develop Android apps. Turn on Enable ADB debugging, restart, then confirm and sign in.
  4. Make the APK visible to Linux. In the Files app, open Downloads. If Linux cannot read the file, right-click Conways-Game-Of-Life-Lab-2.0-ChromeOS.apk and choose Share with Linux.
  5. Install ADB. Open the Terminal app and run: 
    sudo apt update
sudo apt install adb
  6. Connect to ChromeOS Android. Run: 
    adb connect arc
    Accept the debugging authorization prompt that appears.
  7. Install or update the app. Run: 
    adb install -r "/mnt/chromeos/MyFiles/Downloads/Conways-Game-Of-Life-Lab-2.0-ChromeOS.apk"
    The -r flag replaces an older copy while preserving its app data.
  8. Open it. Find the app in the ChromeOS Launcher. Its window starts maximized in landscape and can be resized or tiled.