Using Command Line Flags on Android

[Isiah Meadows]

I was wondering if there is any way to pass command line flags to Chrome (or any normal app, for that matter) for Android without doing it through adb. The initial purpose is for Chrome, but I can apply it elsewhere as well.

[Philip Rogers]

The instructions are listed here: http://www.chromium.org/developers/how-tos/run-chromium-with-flags.

Pretty hacky, imo.

On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 8:14 PM, Isiah Meadows <impi...@gmail.com> wrote:

I was wondering if there is any way to pass command line flags to Chrome (or any normal app, for that matter) for Android without doing it through adb. The initial purpose is for Chrome, but I can apply it elsewhere as well.

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[Isiah Meadows]

Would it be possible to change that through a text editor? The main purpose of this question was to pass arguments to run it locally on the phone (not through adb).

[Torne (Richard Coles)]

It is intentional that only adb can change the command line flags, otherwise apps installed on your phone could mess with Chrome's settings.

On 10 December 2013 17:06, Isiah Meadows <impi...@gmail.com> wrote:

Would it be possible to change that through a text editor? The main purpose of this question was to pass arguments to run it locally on the phone (not through adb).

[Isiah Meadows]

Locally on the device, could it be done with root access? Although it may not prove useful on my phone, it would work on my tablet (which is running CM 10.1 - Android 4.2.2 I think).

[Torne (Richard Coles)]

Yes, if you have root you can write to the file that contains the command line flag.

On 10 December 2013 17:16, Isiah Meadows <impi...@gmail.com> wrote:

Locally on the device, could it be done with root access? Although it may not prove useful on my phone, it would work on my tablet (which is running CM 10.1 -  Android 4.2.2 I think).

[Isiah Meadows]

Okay. I understand now.