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The Kindle Fire is a family of Android-based devices, using the Amazon ecosystem and running their AppStore for third party applications instead of the Google Play Store.

Amazon introduced the Kindle Fire on November 15, 2011. Based on the Android operating system, the original 7" color tablet device was tightly coupled with Amazon's Kindle ebook library, App Store, memberships (Prime) and web services (as a caching proxy for the Silk web browser).

In 2012 they released an Android 4.0.2 based update to the original 7" device, as well as a new HD 7" and 8.9" devices and with more emphasis on the android app eco-system.

In 2013 they released Android 4.2 based 7" HD and HDX devices and an 8.9" HDX model.

In April 2014, a smart TV device, building on the Kindle Fire brand and similarly using Android, called Amazon Fire TV was introduced.

In September 2014, they announced FireOS4 (Android 4.4) based 6", 7" HD devices and an updated 8.9" HDX, as well as beginning a roll-out of FireOS4 to the 2013 HDX tablets.

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Kindle Fire playing embedded videos from .mobi file possible? and notes on other devices

I'm working on an epub/mobi which has some embedded videos using the , , and tags. The tags play on iPad iBook but not and plays in Kindle app (not sure about the other two tags. The videos play but not automatically on the Nook color (only…
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Reading the opened email attachment on Kindle Fire (android)

To read the data from the attached file I use: Uri dataUri = getIntent().getData(); ContentResolver cr = getContentResolver(); String readXmlString = ""; try { InputStream inputStream = cr.openInputStream(dataUri); readXmlString =…
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Kindle Fire was on device list but can't debug in Eclipse

I did: 1) Added 0x1949 0x0006 to adb_usb.ini 2) Turn on "Unknown sources" in Kindle Fire's Device. 3) Set my app to "debuggable" true. And I saw Kindle Fire in device list but... when I "Run As Android Application", an emulator pops up. How to run…
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Using ADB to edit Android Kindle Fire launcher default

I installed a launcher (syndicateapps ICS 4.0) on my rooted Kindle Fire; like an idiot I ticked 'Set to Default' only to get "The application ICS 4.0 Launcher (process android.process.acore) has stopped unexpectedly". Force close just loops round to…
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programming kindle fire style coverflow gallery in flash or jquery

I'm trying to duplicate the style of coverflow gallery used on the home screen of the kindle fire, where books slide across the shelf and flip at the end. Any idea of where I might be able to find some initial source to work with?
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Limit app to just kindle-fire and/or Nook Tablet?

I'm new to android development but I've almost completely ported my iOS game SkyWords to android.. specifically targeting the Kindle-Fire. I have bought the device to test with and my app works ok. I've tried my app running on some of the other…
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Converting exsisting Android project to Kindle

I have an existing android project which is available in the Android market. Is it possible to convert that to be work in Kindle? I have no idea about Kindle and when searching I found that it can run android apps. Thank you
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Any way to avoid the black background while video loads on Kindle Fire?

I am trying to build a Kindle Fire app that will replace a static image with a video in response to a user action. The problem is that everything is on a white background, and the video player loads with a black background. So, to the user, it…
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kindle sdcard access while usb debugging

When I debug on Kindle Fire, my app has no read/write access to /sdcard and other Android apps (ASTRO) too. On other Android devices I do not see this problem. It seems to work fine when usb is disconnected, but how can I debug it?
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android kindle fire not showing application's graphics correctly

I have developed an app running successfully on all the versions of android phones but it is not working, as desired, on Kindle Fire. I have configured the emulator as mentioned on https://developer.amazon.com/help/faq.html#KindleFire When tested it…
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Android Kindle Fire - Make standard app or tablet?

Since Kindle Fire is not on HoneyComb, should I just build a standard app for the Kindle Fire? I have made multiple Android phone apps, but never a tablet app. But it appears to me that Kindle won't use things like fragments? What considerations…
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Can't see install option for React PWA on Chrome on Kindle

I created a React PWA with this tutorial: pwa react tutorial I added some Add to Homescreen code I got from here: Add to Homescreen tut I want to test downloading the app, but I can't see the Chrome install link on the url. I see a download link on…
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How Can I Hide Kindle Navigation Bar in Web App

I have a web app in React that will mostly be used on a Kindle Fire. We are going to switch to React Native soon, but before we do we would like to test the flow of the user story using a web app. We designed the app for the full screen size of the…
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Need exact media queries for Kindle Fire

I'm designing for the Kindle Fire, but am not finding correct information about the CSS height/width. On my two devices, this is what I measured: Fire 7" 2015 600 x 1024 Fire HD 8" 2018 601 x 962 I thought that it was always either 600 or 800 (and…
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Nearby Connections - mobile hotspot icon showing on Kindle despite no option for it in settings

I am attempting to develop an android app on a Kindle Fire 7 device, but using the Google Nearby Connections API I've noticed certain Kindle devices are unable to connect to each other, whereas other are, and the ones that do so successfully seem to…
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