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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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Checking for PDF intent on Kindle Fire returns nothing?

I'm opening a PDF file through an intent; in order to check beforehand if a capable application is installed, I use this code: PackageManager packageManager = context.getPackageManager(); Intent testIntent = new…
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How to debug android application on Amazon Kindle Fire?

For Debugging Android Application on Amazon Kindle fire, I referred to these links Debugging android apps on the kindle fire How do I connect to Kindle Fire for development? But Kindle Fire is not listed in abd devices And I have Windows 7 64 bit…
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How to detect 7" Android tablet in code

I am trying to detect 7" tablets in my code (i.e. Kindle Fire & Nook Color). However, simply testing for minimum dimensions 1024x600 is not good, because then the Galaxy Nexus would pass this test as well. Anybody has experience with detecting…
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Unable to request item data for Amazon in-app purchasing

I'm trying to set up in-app purchasing for the Amazon App Store, but am running into a problem when trying to request item data. I'm debugging on a Kindle Fire. Here's my code and what I see in LogCat: @Override public void onStart() { …
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Amazon Silk Browser - Considerations for Mobile Web Developers

I have a client who wants me to optimize their mobile website for the Kindle Fire. I've done development on iPhone, iPad, and Android, but not for Android tablets and not specifically for the Kindle Fire either. I wanted to know, as a mobile web…
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How can I change the Toast notification on Kindle Fire to be white text on black background?

The default color of the Toast on the Kindle Fire is black text on a white background. I followed the instructions in this answer to try to set the text color to white and background color to black, but after these changes, there's still white…
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Setting margins on RelativeLayout doesnt work on Kindle Fire

This is similar to my previous question but it didnt work with the Kindle Fire (2.3.4). I used a FragmentTransaction to add a Fragment into a FrameLayout. I want to dynamically change the margin of the RelativeLayout used by the Fragment. However,…
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How to disable the soft key bars on top and bottom of a kindle fire?

Kindle fire has a grey toolbar at the bottom of the screen with the Home soft button and some other buttons, as well as a toolbar to get to settings and such on top. I am building an app which will be the only app running on that particular Kindle…
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Android AVD error: "The selected skin was not found. Check your AVD configuration and try again later."

Creating emulator for Kindle Fire: Android 2.3.3 API Level 10 Screen res 600x1024 density 169, heap 24, ram 512 Click Start, get this error: Android AVD Error: The selected skin was not found. Check your AVD configuration and try again later. I am…
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Kindle Fire Permissions

I submitted an app to Amazon Store, Amazon approved for Amazon store but not for kindle fire. After read https://developer.amazon.com/help/faq.html#KindleFire I check my manifest but I don't know what is the problem, I have removed all references…
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Screen type issue on Android Kindle Fire vs Kindle like emulator

I am trying to create a emulator for Kindle Fire. public int ScreenType(Context context){ return (context.getResources().getConfiguration().screenLayout & Configuration.SCREENLAYOUT_SIZE_MASK); } When I try…
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android device specific functionality

different android devices will occasionally have different onscreen features (such as the buttons at the bottom of the screen in kindle fire apps). How can you change the behavior of these kind of buttons? I can't find any resources on doing such a…
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designing for Kindle Fire in Photoshop

I've reviewed all of the android design documentation, but I am still a little confused on how I should setup my photoshop file if I am making an app for just the Kindle Fire. It's 1024x600 with 160 dpi. Should my new photoshop fle mirror the…
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Kindle Fire minSdkVersion?

What is the minimum minSdkVersion to support the new Kindle Fire tablet? I've heard conflicting reports that Amazon's android is based on 2.1 (api level 7) and 2.2 (api level 8).
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Amazon fire 8 HD (2018) not detected on Android Studio

I have been trying to connect my Amazon Fire Tab 8 HD to Android Studio but nothing seems to be working. I have downloaded and installed the latest Kindle USB driver from Amazon website, tried different USB cables that worked on my Android phone but…
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