Guidance for Kindle development

Getting Started Newbie Questions
#1

I understand how iPhone is set up with icons and info.plst in build.settings. But how is it supposed to look for Android? 

seems like i have multiple issues ( I can build on my kindle my splash screens shows, But No Icon and I have No BackGround Images when I change views Even if I use the same image as the splash image ) 

Some Help is much appreciated. 

i.e. 

settings = {

orientation = {

default = “portrait”,

supported = { “portrait”, “portraitUpsideDown”}

},

iphone = {

plist = {

ApplicationName = “On Time”,

UIStatusBarHidden = true,

UIPrerenderedIcon = true, – set to false for “shine” overlay

UIApplicationExitsOnSuspend = true, – uncomment to quit app on suspend

MinimumOSVersion = “1.0”,

CFBundleIconFiles = {

“AppIcons/Icon-120.png”,

“AppIcons/Icon-40.png”,

“AppIcons/Icon-40@2x.png”,

“AppIcons/Icon-40@3x.png”,

“AppIcons/Icon-60@2x.png”,

“AppIcons/Icon-60@3x.png”,

…

#2

Hi @JJAZAD,

For Android (Kindle), it should work fine if you just include the Android app icons in your main project directory. Please see the guide for the required file names and sizes: http://docs.coronalabs.com/guide/distribution/buildSettings/index.html#appicons

By the way, you should NOT be putting the icon files (Android or iOS) inside a subfolder. I think a few people may have gotten iOS to pick up the proper files from a subfolder, but we officially do not support this. You should place all icon files in the main project folder alongside “main.lua”.

Take care,

Brent

#3

Great Brent ! , thanks a bunch

JZ 

#4

When you purchase an app from Amazon for the Kindle, it downloads the 512x512 Icon from the store (not in the App bundle).  When you sideload the app, the Kindle wont have that icon, so it uses one of the normal Android icon’s and stretches it up.  In the carousel, the Icon will look really bad.  This is nothing you can control for sideloaded apps.

As for other issues, you should use “adb logcat” to look for errors from their console log.

Rob

#5

Hello Rob, thanks much advice taken and heeded. Removed all icons from subFolder.

got everything else working except the icon on the kindle is like you said very unfocused. But I get understand that will not be the icon until it is launched.

Regards

JZ 

#6

Hi @JJAZAD,

For Android (Kindle), it should work fine if you just include the Android app icons in your main project directory. Please see the guide for the required file names and sizes: http://docs.coronalabs.com/guide/distribution/buildSettings/index.html#appicons

By the way, you should NOT be putting the icon files (Android or iOS) inside a subfolder. I think a few people may have gotten iOS to pick up the proper files from a subfolder, but we officially do not support this. You should place all icon files in the main project folder alongside “main.lua”.

Take care,

Brent

#7

Great Brent ! , thanks a bunch

JZ 

#8

When you purchase an app from Amazon for the Kindle, it downloads the 512x512 Icon from the store (not in the App bundle).  When you sideload the app, the Kindle wont have that icon, so it uses one of the normal Android icon’s and stretches it up.  In the carousel, the Icon will look really bad.  This is nothing you can control for sideloaded apps.

As for other issues, you should use “adb logcat” to look for errors from their console log.

Rob

#9

Hello Rob, thanks much advice taken and heeded. Removed all icons from subFolder.

got everything else working except the icon on the kindle is like you said very unfocused. But I get understand that will not be the icon until it is launched.

Regards

JZ