Tizen doesn't recognize Google Chrome

Question

I just bought a Samsung gear 2 neo and wanted to create my own watch. So this means I am new to Tizen development. I installed the Tizen IDE and the SDK but for some reason after following -a part- this tutorial (http://www.slideshare.net/badaindonesia/professional-tizen-application-development) Tizen won't run my projects because it can't find Google Chrome on the specified location. This problem occures when I try to run a Tizen web application as a Tizen web simulator app. When i try to launch it as a Tizen web app it says Could not find emulator or device but that isn't my current target.

The specific message is Google Chrome could not be found (C:\Program Files(x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\Chrome.exe). Please install Google Chrome and specify the Google Chrome program location in Window->Preferences under "Tizen SDK/Web/Simulator".

I have tried changing the location to C:\Program Files(x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\ But this wouldn't help either. Yes, i have entered the correct location since i have manually located the chrome.exe to.

The only thing which might be wrong is that I am using the Windows 7 64 bit installer while I am on a Windows 8 64 bit desktop pc.

Answer 1

I had the same problem. Though not exactly a solution, I found a workaround.

1. Start the Web Simulator from Start Menu
2. Enter the location of your index.html file in the address field and press Enter
3. Don't forget to add file:/// in the front.

There you go!!

Answer 2

I have experienced a similar bug. Maybe this will help you/future developers:

My problem was that the Chrome app wouldn't open while pressing debug. I subsequently tried it with the Visual Studio Tizen extension: same problem.

The fix: I dove into the extension code and found that changing the chrome path via the option "Change Chrome path" doesn't actually change your chrome path.

What does? Going into "C:\Users\[USERNAME]\.vscode\extensions\tizenweb.wappl-1.1.2\lib\constants.js" and changing Constants.CHROME_PATH to your chrome path (for the operating system you are using).

I have not found a solution for the Tizen app, though I would recommend using the VScode extension anyway.