Push Notifications For Kindle Fire

Corona Marketplace OneSignal
#1

Hi,

I have successfully got Push working for Google Play Store and have it working fine on my Android phone.

I now need to get it working for my Kindle Fire tablet.

Looking at the docs I need to generate an Amazon API Key and to copy this key into a file called api_key.txt.

To generate the key I need to enter the MD5 signature of the Android Keystore - how do I do this?

I am using Windows and haven’t installed the full Android Development System.

When I build the apk I am using the default Android debug keystore.

Please help!!!

Thanks

Anil

#2

Hello,

See Amazon’s documentation to get the MD5 signature value. It is under the “Determining an Android App Signature” heading. If your windows PATH is not setup fully you can find the keytool command under c:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.7.0_72\bin\keytool. Replace 1.7.0_72 with the version of the JDK you have installed.

NOTE: Before you release your app to the Amazon store you will either need to let Amazon sign your app for you or sign your app with your own release keystore and update the MD5 hash value to get a  new api_key.txt file.

Thanks.

#3

Hi,

Thanks for that - I have got the notifications working for the Kindle now.

Cheers

Anil

#4

Hello,

See Amazon’s documentation to get the MD5 signature value. It is under the “Determining an Android App Signature” heading. If your windows PATH is not setup fully you can find the keytool command under c:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.7.0_72\bin\keytool. Replace 1.7.0_72 with the version of the JDK you have installed.

NOTE: Before you release your app to the Amazon store you will either need to let Amazon sign your app for you or sign your app with your own release keystore and update the MD5 hash value to get a  new api_key.txt file.

Thanks.

#5

Hi,

Thanks for that - I have got the notifications working for the Kindle now.

Cheers

Anil

#6

How did you get the push notifications to work with kindle?

Everywhere I look, people say it is not supported by Corona. 

Did you use GCM? Push Woosh? Do you have a link to any documentation explaining how to do this?

Thanks

#7

Hello Stanga,

We use Amazon’s ADM messaging on Amazon FireOS devices. OneSignal/GameThrive might be the only service currently that has a plugin built for Corona that supports FireOS.

I see your an Enterprise user, steps 4, 7 and 8 in our setup guide contain the Amazon specific parts. The other steps are still necessary. Let us know if you run into any issues getting setup.

Thanks.

#8

Thanks for the reply!

By the way, for users that are not Enterprise, is there a way to send push notifications to a Kindle device?

#9

Yes, step 4 in our Corona SDK setup guide has the Amazon specific setup part.

Thanks.

#10

How did you get the push notifications to work with kindle?

Everywhere I look, people say it is not supported by Corona. 

Did you use GCM? Push Woosh? Do you have a link to any documentation explaining how to do this?

Thanks

#11

Hello Stanga,

We use Amazon’s ADM messaging on Amazon FireOS devices. OneSignal/GameThrive might be the only service currently that has a plugin built for Corona that supports FireOS.

I see your an Enterprise user, steps 4, 7 and 8 in our setup guide contain the Amazon specific parts. The other steps are still necessary. Let us know if you run into any issues getting setup.

Thanks.

#12

Thanks for the reply!

By the way, for users that are not Enterprise, is there a way to send push notifications to a Kindle device?

#13

Yes, step 4 in our Corona SDK setup guide has the Amazon specific setup part.

Thanks.