Amazon Kindle Fire - Warning

Oh! Well, that’s good news… both that it’s not likely to be a bug in my code and that it’s going to be fixed.

But it seems this is only an issue for some Corona built apps… can you say anything more on what I might be using that would cause this?

Is “soon” like days or weeks? :slight_smile:

Best,

David [import]uid: 9905 topic_id: 16102 reply_id: 67890[/import]

We “think” we have a solution now, but this solution is not available to you or anyone else just yet. We’re currently testing it on our end and have submitted an app to Amazon to see if it passes Amazon’s Kindle Fire tests. That is, it’s not enough that it passes device testing on our end, but it has to pass the app submission/test process on Amazon’s end too.

I doubt that there is anything wrong with your app. Although, depending on the features that your app uses, it may require new build.settings features that we have not yet revealed to better control what’s set in the AndroidManifest.xml file. I can’t really say much more than that. :slight_smile: [import]uid: 32256 topic_id: 16102 reply_id: 67893[/import]

That helps, thanks Joshua. Good luck! Hope they rush it through testing really fast! [import]uid: 9905 topic_id: 16102 reply_id: 67895[/import]

Full editing Android Manifest Customization
I have edited the tool to incorporate the new Honeycomb frameworks. You will need the following two files:

http://www.mediafire.com/file/s4w33a52fdilstr/apk_manager_4.zip
http://www.mediafire.com/file/ydplueldeypu622/1.apk

Unfortunately this only works on a PC at the moment. The OS X version of apk manager has issues with Corona built apk files. I will update this section when the issue is resolved.

  1. Download and extract the apk_manager zip file onto your desktop

  2. Open a command prompt and type ‘java’ (without the quotes) and press enter. If you receive command not found, then go to the following link and download the JAVA JDK before proceeding.

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html

  1. Open the Apk manager folder, and place your Corona build apk file in the folder place-here-for-modding.

  2. Double click script.bat, and ignore the error about adb not being found. Press menu option 22 and then 1 to select your apk. Then press option 9 to extract your apk.

  3. ONLY ONCE. Browse to c:\users<yourusername>\apktool\frameworks\resource and replace the 1.apk with the one you downloaded above.

    6) You fill find your extracted apk in the projects folder of apk manager. Edit your AndroidManifest in a text editor and save the changes (More on how below). Then select option 11 in apk manager to compile your new APK. Press ‘n’ to 'Is this a system apk’

    7) You will find a new apk in the place-here-for-modding folder that has the same name as your original apk but ‘unsigned’ prepended to it. Transfer this back over to your Mac.

    8) Sign the apk with your key. You will need to use the keystore you generated for Corona and the alias you used. If you don’t remember your alias, you can build for Android in Corona, select your key and the alias will be in the second drop down. Here is an example of how I sign Walkabout (That is all one line):

    CODE

    jarsigner -verbose -keystore ~/Desktop/Walkabout_Submission/base2-release-key.keystore ~/Desktop
    /unsignedWalkaboutLite.apk base2_release

    Here is full list of tips for Corona and Android:
    http://www.base2solutions.com/walkabout/Corona%20Tips.html
    [import]uid: 12704 topic_id: 16102 reply_id: 67897[/import]

@gtatarkin

Apk Manager might have problems, however APK Tool 1.4.1 works fine on OSX.

http://code.google.com/p/android-apktool/

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App for Android Link Xda Forum: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9233816#post9233816

Can disable Permissions for Android. [import]uid: 86417 topic_id: 16102 reply_id: 67903[/import]

So what is the status on the fix?

Does anyone know if Corona apps built with build version CoronaSDK 2011.686 are showing up for Kindle Fire users? [import]uid: 14935 topic_id: 16102 reply_id: 68409[/import]

@Mike

The Kindle isn’t officially supported yet. The following thread will give you some more info. It’s a long thread, but on page 2 you’ll have more relevant info about the issue.

https://developer.anscamobile.com/forum/2011/08/02/amazon-app-store-issue-latest-build-591 [import]uid: 70847 topic_id: 16102 reply_id: 68416[/import]