I am not sure if anyone here has expressed concern about apps built for Nook and KindleFire . But I think it is not a good idea not to allow app built for Google Play to work on Nook and Kindle Fire . Nook HD now has Google Play and allows users to download apps from Google Play . If I submit an app on Google Play, Nook users can download it but they can not use it . Can someone at Corona think about this . I know it may be for maketing reasons "ie: Corona SDK can build app for iOS , Android, Nook and Kindle Fire), but please do the developers (or your clients) a favor but grouping Google Play, Nook and Kindle Fire into 1 category .
Actually as of the last public build (actually the public build before last), apps built for Google Play will run just fine on Kindie Fires and Nooks. Barnes and Noble used to restrict their apps and didn’t use Google Play .apk’s. They changed that policy a few months ago and Nook owners can now run Google Play apps with no restrictions.
If you intend to put an app in Barnes & Noble’s store, you might still want to build for Nook specifically to maintain their DRM requirements.
Amazon is a little bit trickier. Our generic Google Play apk’s will run just fine on Amazon Kindle Fires now. The one area where you might want to specifically build for Kindle Fire is to lock the API’s like native.showPopup(“rateApp”) and such to use Amazon’s store app instead of the Google Play app for purchasing things. Also, I’m not really sure how well Amazon will like things like Google Play Game services, Google Play IAP and Google Play based ads. So you might want to build an Amazon version that has features for them.
Actually as of the last public build (actually the public build before last), apps built for Google Play will run just fine on Kindie Fires and Nooks. Barnes and Noble used to restrict their apps and didn’t use Google Play .apk’s. They changed that policy a few months ago and Nook owners can now run Google Play apps with no restrictions.
If you intend to put an app in Barnes & Noble’s store, you might still want to build for Nook specifically to maintain their DRM requirements.
Amazon is a little bit trickier. Our generic Google Play apk’s will run just fine on Amazon Kindle Fires now. The one area where you might want to specifically build for Kindle Fire is to lock the API’s like native.showPopup(“rateApp”) and such to use Amazon’s store app instead of the Google Play app for purchasing things. Also, I’m not really sure how well Amazon will like things like Google Play Game services, Google Play IAP and Google Play based ads. So you might want to build an Amazon version that has features for them.