ARC Welder Problems

If you are using ARC Welder to test apps, the latest update (24th March) appears to have caused problems for some users. In some cases, when downloading and installing ARC Welder, the first part completes (download of ARC Runtime) but the second part (download of ARC Welder itself) fails with a "Manifest Invalid" message. In some cases, the download and installation completes normally, but when an APK is loaded into ARC Welder, it crashes with the 'broken plugin' black screen. At this point we have not been able to confirm if these are widespread experiences, or whether a new release is planned to address them.

The workaround that we are using is to install Chrome Portable and use it instead of the normal Chrome browser. Chrome Portable runs the current version of Google Chrome from a self-contained folder, rather than integrating with the OS in the way that a normal installation does. There is no need to uninstall Google Chrome in order to install Chrome Portable. Download it from the green Sourceforge link on this page: http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/google_chrome_portable and run the executable to install. Tick the checkbox to run Chrome Portable after the installation completes. No shortcuts are created. Once this is installed, quit the standard Chrome browser, and continue as normal within Chrome Portable.