Krita 5.2.2 update 'Fatal Error' on chromebook

[Alan20asa]

Yes, I have 125.0.6422.61 (Build oficial) (x86_64)

[Moraw]

I updated my Krita for my Chromebook to see if the new update works but It now crashes immediately and I tried most things from reading this forum but they don’t really seem to work? I’m a bit skeptical on developer mode. Is there any other solution for this?

[KnowZero]

Can you go to Play Files, click 3 dots and show all folders

then go to:

/Android/data/org.krita/files/

and see if there are logs there?

[SilveryPhantom]

My developer mode doesn’t work, so I couldn’t tell you

[Moraw]

i hope this gets fixed I updated it to 5.2.3 recently and it still crashes

[Spoona_Benson]

Hey there! I was having a similar problem and found a work around. Pretty much I put my Chromebook in developer mode then downloaded the apk of a previous version of Krita. Specifically I’m running the 5.1.5 version. You can find it pretty easily from just searching it up but if you can’t I’ll share a link from the website I used to download it. Make sure to turn off automatic updates from the play store beforehand so it doesn’t update to the current version and start crashing again.

Give this a try. Hopefully it works for you as it did for me. And as a caution, running developer mode does clear all save data so I’d recommend uploading all of it elsewhere before. I did that then just redownload my necessary stuff back to my Chromebook.

[Moraw]

Thank you so much!! The only reason I’m skeptical of developer mode is because of the clearing data and it’d be less secure. If you don’t mind I would love the link you downloaded it from and I’ll give it a try and hopefully it works!

(Also hoping this won’t be like a permanent thing we’ll have to do in order to have access to krita lol)

[Spoona_Benson]

Sorry for the late reply, I don’t use this site too often. Firstly here’s a link to where I downloaded the previous version of Krita from.

https://krita.en.uptodown.com/android/post-download/87679027

And secondly I’m pretty sure returning from Developer Mode does wipe files again, I’m not sure. Personally I haven’t switched back since I’ve had it on. The Chromebook still works the same from everything I can tell. Pretty much just works as my android phone where I can download stuff from off the play store. It’s a rather silly restriction so don’t worry much about the multiple pop ups that will try to stop you.

[Moraw]

Oh my god! Thank you so much! It definitely work’s, I’m so happy thank youu!

[Spoona_Benson]

Happy to help! Glad I was able to find this work around and share it cause I really did miss drawing when Krita wasn’t working.

[Moraw]

Oh yes definitely! I was so bored out of my mind when I couldn’t pass the time by drawing. I’m still very much grateful for your help!