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Updated as of 4\/13\/2015<\/em><\/p>\n

Ionic and Crosswalk<\/h3>\n

With our latest CLI update, we\u2019re excited to introduce the ability to package modern rendering engines within your app for Cordova, starting with Crosswalk for Android<\/a>. Crosswalk provides Android developers a bundled Chrome webview for their projects, resulting in better performance and predictability!<\/p>\n

Our team is passionate about making hybrid mobile development awesome, and we\u2019re so grateful to our committed, enthusiastic community for helping us succeed in our mission.<\/p>\n

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Getting Started With Crosswalk<\/h3>\n

First, make sure you get the latest Ionic CLI, and then you can easily create an app, add the Android platform, and add Crosswalk to the project.<\/p>\n

New Project<\/h4>\n
\n\nnpm install ionic -g\nionic start my_app\ncd my_app\nionic browser add crosswalk\nionic run android\n<\/code>\n<\/pre>\n
Previous Ionic Project<\/h4>\n
\n\nnpm install ionic -g\ncd existing_app\nionic browser add crosswalk\nionic run android\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
Specifying a version of Crosswalk<\/h4>\n
ionic browser list<\/code> #Find the version of Crosswalk you want.
\nionic browser add crosswalk@10.39.235.15<\/code>  #Install stable version 10.39.235.15.<\/p>\n
Building for separate architectures<\/h4>\n
Update: Previously, you needed an environment variable to build multiple architectures. Due to some changes to the underlying Cordova Android library, you no longer need to specify the environment variable to build multiple APKs. This should happen by default by running ionic build android<\/code>.<\/p>\n
If you have a device connected and run ionic run android<\/code>, it will auto detect that architecture type and only build and run for that device.<\/p>\n
Volatility<\/h4>\n
Please note that running these steps will alter your Android project, so you\u2019ll want to use version control to handle changes from Crosswalk.<\/em><\/p>\n
These commands should set you up with a custom Android build with Crosswalk. You can run the project as you normally would.<\/p>\n
To confirm that it was, in fact installed, open Chrome DevTools<\/a> and confirm that it says “Chrome 37” or greater.<\/p>\n
We’d love to ask you to help out the cause by testing and giving feedback. This is your chance to help several open source projects at once: Cordova, Crosswalk, and Ionic!<\/p>\n
10 Questions You Might Have:<\/strong><\/h4>\n
We\u2019ve put together this Q & A to answer questions you might have about Crosswalk. Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have questions that aren’t answered here!<\/p>\n
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  1. What is Crosswalk?<\/strong>\n