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How To Run Android App On Your PC


April 03, 2015

I keep my phone’s app curated, I don’t install unnecessary app. In the same time, I still need some redundant app like Telegram & Whatsapp to keep in touch. Getting/replying text and call between iOS 8 and Yosemite works like a charm, so running app on your Mac/PC is the next logical step.

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With Google Chrome’s ARC Welder, it’s very easy to do:

1. Install ARC Welder extension on your Google Chrome browser, using your Google Chrome browser, click this URL to install it: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/arc-welder/emfinbmielocnlhgmfkkmkngdoccbadn

2. Download Android App APK, search on Google: “Whatsapp APK Download” for example. Always download from trusted sites (original developer site)

3. Run ARC Welder from Chrome Apps

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4. Add your downloaded APK to ARC Welder. Click Download ZIP, Extract the ZIP into Folder on your PC

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5. Go to Chrome Settings/Preferences/Extensions, Tick Developer Mode. Load the extracted ZIP file FOLDER, then you will have your Android Apps on your Chrome Apps page

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6. Open Chrome Apps page, click your App to run it, all data will be stored. Profit!

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Written by Sigit Priyanggoro, Sr Global Partner Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services in Dallas. LinkedIn.

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