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nickdalzell
Extreme Android User
Gotta love Google Play!
It's always been full of bugs. i would bet if you cleared data from Google Play Services and Play Store, rebooted, waited for a successful sync (good luck, it often says Sync Error and won't connect properly until you manually force it) and tried again. this is a very annoying, all too necessary ritual with the Google Play ecosystem.
It's always been full of bugs. i would bet if you cleared data from Google Play Services and Play Store, rebooted, waited for a successful sync (good luck, it often says Sync Error and won't connect properly until you manually force it) and tried again. this is a very annoying, all too necessary ritual with the Google Play ecosystem.
Crashdamage
Android Expert
Google Play is actually telling you that you do not have a compatible device. IOW it does not recognize the Chromebook as a phone or tablet compatible with Android apps. Not able to advise on the fix, but a Google search may turn up something.
nickdalzell
Extreme Android User
don't you just love the stupid compatibility filter? that's why i never use Play anymore. it always said certain things were not compatible with my devices but they would often sideload fine. Quite frankly i wish Google would just get rid of the thing.
Crashdamage
Android Expert
Eliminating the compatibility filter would cause an unbelievably massive, frustrating problem for users, developers, service providers and manufacturers.
nickdalzell
Extreme Android User
actually retaining it could do just that. it is hard for developers to get their apps out if Google incorrectly flags a device as not compatible when it would other wise install and run fine. and Play Store doesn't offer a 'download apk anyway' option either. other app stores, such as the popular Amazon Apps doesn't offer such a filter and it hasn't caused any problems that i can see.
if the filter actually worked properly it might help things out. but as i can tell, 90% of the times my devices are listed as 'not compatible' it would sideload fine. the problem comes with paid apps. i cannot get NBA Jam onto my Nexus 10, or Real Racing 2 on it either, because Google Play won't even offer the APK to download, much less allow the purchase. it's not available on another market, and even though they'd install fine on my Galaxy S3, the APK can't be found under /data/app or /system/app. they apparently hide paid apk files in Android.
if one uses an older version of Google Play Store or the Android Market (which functions on older devices to this day, albeit in reduced capacity) the filter doesn't exist. but you cannot do that on any newer device running a current version of Android. the filter didn't exist in the beginning and nothing bad happened.
if the filter actually worked properly it might help things out. but as i can tell, 90% of the times my devices are listed as 'not compatible' it would sideload fine. the problem comes with paid apps. i cannot get NBA Jam onto my Nexus 10, or Real Racing 2 on it either, because Google Play won't even offer the APK to download, much less allow the purchase. it's not available on another market, and even though they'd install fine on my Galaxy S3, the APK can't be found under /data/app or /system/app. they apparently hide paid apk files in Android.
if one uses an older version of Google Play Store or the Android Market (which functions on older devices to this day, albeit in reduced capacity) the filter doesn't exist. but you cannot do that on any newer device running a current version of Android. the filter didn't exist in the beginning and nothing bad happened.
Normally one would see the "This app is incompatible with your device." message if it were a "compatibility" issue with the user's device. This is Play saying that the user has no devices, which is different AFAIK.
Do you actually have the Play Store app installed on the Chromebook that's running Android, and it's definitely registered to the Play Store? How are you accessing Play, doing it from a browser? Android on a Chromebook is unofficial and beta isn't it. Chromebooks normally run Google's Chrome OS, rather than Android.
Do you actually have the Play Store app installed on the Chromebook that's running Android, and it's definitely registered to the Play Store? How are you accessing Play, doing it from a browser? Android on a Chromebook is unofficial and beta isn't it. Chromebooks normally run Google's Chrome OS, rather than Android.
chanchan05
The Doctor
Wait, doesn't Chromebooks run ChromeOS and not Android?
nickdalzell
Extreme Android User
I am assuming the OP has sideloaded Android onto a Chromebook somehow
That's why I asked, does it have the Play Store app installed. If a third-party build of Android was sideloaded, it may not have Play and other Google apps. One thing is for sure, Android on a Chromebook did not come from Google.
nickdalzell
Extreme Android User
there are quite a few recent hacks regarding replacing ChromeOS with another OS, such as a variant of Ubuntu or a starter edition of Windows Vista (why?) but unless the OP is browsing Google Play Store's web version, i'm guessing he activated developer mode and somehow managed to get a netbook version of Android Jelly Bean on there.
Although that doesn't make sense either, since if you launched Google Play Store it would automatically register the device on the first launch, or it would simply crash.
Although that doesn't make sense either, since if you launched Google Play Store it would automatically register the device on the first launch, or it would simply crash.