It also presented a scary warning each time your Chromebook booted up, and it lowered your security too. Doing so required a system reset-or powerwash-which took your Chromebook back to a brand new, clean state. Installing an APK on a Chromebook used to mean switching your Chromebook into developer mode. Navigate to Apps and then Google Play Store. Bundling the app and its dependencies into a single file makes it much easier to distribute and copy. Click on the clock at the bottom right of your screen and choose the Settings cogwheel. It's the name for a type of file that contains an Android app and all of its required files. APK stands for both Android Package Kit and Android Pac Kage. To install an Android application from an unofficial repository means downloading an APK and installing it. Step 3 After you’ve found an app, press the. Step 2 Browse apps by category there, or use the search box to find a specific app for your Chromebook. And sometimes developers release their stable, safe builds via Google Play, but make other builds-such as potentially unstable daily development builds-available elsewhere. Step 1 Open the Play Store from the Launcher. They may have a beef with Google and want to sidestep the usual app delivery mechanisms. Then again, it may be a self-imposed exile by the programmers. Perhaps Google has barred the app because it doesn't meet Google's stipulations. Some Android apps are not listed on Google Play.