amazon kindle store

Getting Started Newbie Questions
#1

This may sound like an obvious question but when you compile for the Amazon/Kindle it seems that Amazon allows other Android devices to download your submitted app. Is that going to be a problem as maybe the SDK on the backend at Corona Labs is really meant for just the Kindle line of products and that is why it is delineated as such?

I see where you can tell Amazon what devices this app is for and I need to know if I need to say just Kindle?
Matt [import]uid: 18783 topic_id: 35819 reply_id: 335819[/import]

#2

Matt, the problem is that Amazon and Barnes & Noble do not use Google’s Android, they use the Open Source version of Android. The Google version has Google specific library calls that won’t work on Kindle Fires and Nooks. So Corona SDK is programmed to build against those devices by leaving out the Google restricted libraries.
[import]uid: 199310 topic_id: 35819 reply_id: 142449[/import]

#3

Rob… that is what I figured since it is a separate build… just double checking since I uploaded an app to the amazon store as an amazon build and someone on a samsung phone downloaded it… the app ran but then none of the buttons worked correctly.

Can you submit Android and Kindle to the Amazon store by building for Android and uploading to the Amazon store or is it best to simply do that for Google Play store and do Kindle for Amazon as it appears is the method.

Matt [import]uid: 18783 topic_id: 35819 reply_id: 142498[/import]

#4

So I also looked at what you can submit as in the amazon store… you only have the choice of Tablet or Phone+Tablet. That would make this a bit dangerous I would think as someone on a non kindle tablet that is android capable could still download this thinking that it will work? [import]uid: 18783 topic_id: 35819 reply_id: 142499[/import]

#5

I have only ever done a build for Amazon/Kindle to upload to Amazon to run on any device they support. I’ve not done anything that would require Google’s proprietary code. [import]uid: 199310 topic_id: 35819 reply_id: 142556[/import]

#6

True. Issue here is that when you build for amazon/kindle and upload to amazon they allow other android devices to download it. This may be why it appeared broke for the non kindle user that downloaded from amazon. [import]uid: 18783 topic_id: 35819 reply_id: 142566[/import]

#7

Matt, the problem is that Amazon and Barnes & Noble do not use Google’s Android, they use the Open Source version of Android. The Google version has Google specific library calls that won’t work on Kindle Fires and Nooks. So Corona SDK is programmed to build against those devices by leaving out the Google restricted libraries.
[import]uid: 199310 topic_id: 35819 reply_id: 142449[/import]

#8

Rob… that is what I figured since it is a separate build… just double checking since I uploaded an app to the amazon store as an amazon build and someone on a samsung phone downloaded it… the app ran but then none of the buttons worked correctly.

Can you submit Android and Kindle to the Amazon store by building for Android and uploading to the Amazon store or is it best to simply do that for Google Play store and do Kindle for Amazon as it appears is the method.

Matt [import]uid: 18783 topic_id: 35819 reply_id: 142498[/import]

#9

So I also looked at what you can submit as in the amazon store… you only have the choice of Tablet or Phone+Tablet. That would make this a bit dangerous I would think as someone on a non kindle tablet that is android capable could still download this thinking that it will work? [import]uid: 18783 topic_id: 35819 reply_id: 142499[/import]

#10

I have only ever done a build for Amazon/Kindle to upload to Amazon to run on any device they support. I’ve not done anything that would require Google’s proprietary code. [import]uid: 199310 topic_id: 35819 reply_id: 142556[/import]

#11

True. Issue here is that when you build for amazon/kindle and upload to amazon they allow other android devices to download it. This may be why it appeared broke for the non kindle user that downloaded from amazon. [import]uid: 18783 topic_id: 35819 reply_id: 142566[/import]