Installing non-Play Store apps on ChromeOS
Feb 8, 2022
The simple answer to this is to enable developer mode and ChromeOS will tell you that if you even think about installing an app from apk. The issue is doing so resets your chromebook. I happen to like my files and don't feel like mucking about with backups and shit just to use NewPipe, so a work-around is needed.
Setting up ADB
Enable the Linux development environment
settings > advanced > developers > linux development environment
Enable adb debugging
settings > advanced > developers > linux development environment > develop android apps > enable adb debugging
Set up ADB
sudo apt install android-tools-adb -y
adb connect 100.115.92.2:5555
Installing the APK
adb -s emulator-5554 install /path/to/file.apk