How do you link to books on the Kindle from a Kindle app?

Question

I am wondering, is there a way to link to kindle books from kindle apps to make it easy for users to get the books?

And also, by the same virtue, is there a way to link to kindle apps from kindle apps to make it simplest for the users to download the app?

Is there a special url I should use?

For example, this is one of my apps: http://www.amazon.com/Problemio-com-Funding-Fundraising-Ideas/dp/B00AKRD1NQ

How do I correctly link to it from another Kindle app?

I can do something like this but I am sure there is a better way, right?

Button b = (Button)findViewById(R.id.b);          
b.setOnClickListener(new Button.OnClickListener() 
{  
    public void onClick(View v) 
    {           
      Intent browserIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, 
              Uri.parse("http://www.amazon.com/Problemio-com-Funding-Fundraising-Ideas/dp/B00AKRD1NQ"));

      startActivity(browserIntent);
    }
});

Thanks!

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 29 '14 at 22:46

for Deep Linking into the store for a specific app you should follow the linking to the Amazon AppStore format. As well as linking to apps it also appears to correctly link to books if you use the ASIN (eg http://www.amazon.com/gp/mas/dl/android?asin=B000UVBSYQ)

How do you link to books on the Kindle from a Kindle app?

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