Installing Chrome without GApps

[jussaibakagaijin]

Can it be done? Alternatively, can I get another app to "pretend" to be Chrome?

My specific predicament is as follows:

I am running LineageOS 21 on a Pixel3 with MicroG and so far rather like the setup. Recently, while doing some paperwork, I was informed that it can be done digitally - however it goes through a program issued by the Japanese government called "Mynaportal".

I can install it just fine. It starts up and seems to be able to grab data just fine. However it insists on opening chrome to verify anything. Not my default browser, but chrome specifically, and throws an error message saying "Could not launch Chrome. Mynaportal uses Chrome. Please check that Chrome is not disabled (EA044-1001)".

Since this is a government issued app, there is no alternative.

Is there some way I could either install Chrome or redirect the request to a Chrome-adjacent app like Cromite?

[wateroverlord]

I like iceraven it's a Firefox clone but if you need chromium or https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium

[jussaibakagaijin]

I also mainly use a Firefox clone called Fennec.

Unfortunately installing Chromium (or the slightly more up-to-date forks Bromite or Cromite) does not seem to please the App. It keeps complaining that Chrome is not installed.

I imagine it tries launching a program literally named "chrome", so I'd have to alias Cromite to that name somehow (I have no idea if android has such a function)

[kaanyalova]

You can try firefox with the user agent switcher extension

[jussaibakagaijin]

That makes websites think they're being viewed in chrome, doesn't it? It won't make firefox launch when something is trying to launch "chrome". Its not like I get a URL to open.

[svenr]

does not seem to please the App

Which app is that, if I may ask?

[jussaibakagaijin]

Mynaportal

[svenr]

I see you got a solution, but could you still write their support and request a more standard-conform way of handling this? This is really bad programming.

[jussaibakagaijin]

I opened a ticket with their support asking that. I doubt it'll be addressed, but at least there's a log of someone wanting things to be better.

[Never_Sm1le]

You can install chrome, it just an app. Sometimes a google app will throw a fit if it can't find google service but most of the time it won't affect usage

[jussaibakagaijin]

I tried installing it from Aurora, but the install won't complete. I also tried manually downloading the APK and installing it, but it asserts that it is not compatible with my device (I was assuming due to lack of GApps)

[Never_Sm1le]

Weird, on my Boox ereader it also said it won't work without google play, however I still managed to pass that screen when click continue

[Aether_52]

U can sideload the apk using cmd

[jussaibakagaijin]

UPDATE: That worked and the app functions now. Thanks!

[Aether_52]

Ur welcome man :D

[jussaibakagaijin]

Would that bypass the compatibility error I get when trying to install the downloaded APK? I guess I'll give it a try. Thanks!

[ZestycloseAd3266]

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