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QualiT
QualiT

Reputation: 1955

How to upgrade the chrome browser version Android 7.0 emulator in android studio

I have created a Virtual Device with the Android flavor I want (Android 7.0) but it has a version of Chrome that I'd like to update to a specific version. How would I go about doing that?

Upvotes: 6

Views: 13677

Answers (2)

QualiT
QualiT

Reputation: 1955

Having run into this and bashed thru a few useful sites, it turns out this is rather easy BUT you have to make sure you get the right APK. With thanks to https://www.inflectra.com/support/knowledgebase/kb276.aspx

First start your emulator in writable mode. Put your virtual device name after -avd parameter.

Step 1: In Terminal execute this command:

$ $ANDROID_HOME/emulator/emulator -avd Samsung_Galaxy_S7_API_24 -writable-system

Your android emulator should now be open.

Step 2: Download the apk you want from https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/chrome/

Mine was https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/chrome/chrome-64-0-3282-123-release/#downloads

Step 3: Once it downloads, drag and drop that .apk file onto your emulator.

Wait a few minutes and then open Chrome on that device. It should be the new version.

You can confirm that by going to https://www.whatsmyua.info/

Upvotes: 4

Pratik Patel
Pratik Patel

Reputation: 2443

For me it was simple steps:

  1. Open Android emulator from AVD (Mine was Google Pixel 2 - v9.0),
  2. Ensure Android emulator has opened successfully by $ adb devices(It will give you the Android emulator device name, e.g: emulator-5554)
  3. Now download the Google Chrome apk from apkmirror, Mine was Version: 76.0.3809.111 (380911115) x86
  4. Now use this command to install the downloaded Google chrome apk to the opened Android emulator: $ adb install /path/to/downloaded/chrome/apk

NOTE: Make sure no other emulator or real Android device is connected, $ adb devices should return you the single connected device

  1. Above command must return Success

  2. Open Chrome browser on Android device and check the version, it must match with the downloaded chrome version.

  3. Done.

Upvotes: 7

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