Kindle eBook Reader
Kindle is the popular eBook reader sold by amazon
A SDK is in limited beta phase: http://www.amazon.com/kdk
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Android BrowserActivity on Kindle HD
I have an Android app that creates a local HTML file & then displays this to the user in a browser. I have had issues with BrowserActivity not working on different devices, subject to whatever browser is installed. My current code does the following…
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Kindle Fire, HTML page with video, and WebView background color issue
We have problem with embedded video playing in WebView's on Kindle Fire HD 7" with latest firmware (Android 4.0.3, firmware rev 7.4.6).
Prerequisites:
static magazine page image (from JPG file) displayed on screen (ImageView used);
HTML page…
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Android app on Kindle Fire HD errors
I am trying to run my android app on Kindle Fire HD.
here is the relevant bits of my build.gradle
android {
compileSdkVersion 15
buildToolsVersion "18.0.1"
defaultConfig {
minSdkVersion 15
targetSdkVersion 15
}
}
dependencies {
compile…
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Media queries on Kindle Fire landscape mode vs. iPad query in landscape mode
I'm new to web development and responsive design, so this might be an idiotic question. Unfortunately, I have searched and searched and cannot find an answer.
When I write a media query for Kindle Fire landscape, it effects the iPad landscape and…
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Preventing text from splitting over two pages
This html is at the end of ebook. When converting html to mobi, then preview ebook on Kindle, the above text at the end always splitted over two pages in ebook. As this is the last page, I want stop this text from splitting over pages. I think I…
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How to define a TOC in HTML for kindlegen to recognize
I convert a book which is written in DocBook into a single page HTML. The HTML contains a TOC:
- Preface
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How to detect that user has canceled the IAP on kindle fire?
This question might have been asked before, but I can't find the answer anywhere and I don't know if it is possible for the Amazon IAP SDK.
When I canceled a purchase, I will be received as FAILED from purchase response.
If so, how can I display…
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How to set page content margins for Kindle?
I'm converting html page for Kindle. The page have multiple CSS files. Kindle Guide recommends set left and right margins to 0 for normal body text to keep content from falling off the edge of the screen or overlapping other content, and body text…
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What is the correct batch file syntax?
What is the correct batch file syntax to run command-line application with arguments on windows 7?
C:\KindleGen\kindlegen.exe Htmlpage.html -c2
The bat file is in one folder with page that should be to processed.
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Kindle: available languages and tools
I want to develop my own Kindle app. After some googling I'm pretty confused. What I'm trying to find out is basically:
What programming languages are available? Are some of them more popular than others (and why)?
What tools do I minimally need?…
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Adobe Air mobile bypass http proxy Kindle Fire HD
My issue is that my flash app is not using the Kindle Fire HD proxy settings. When holding down on the currently used wifi connection brings up advanced options were I was able to setup a proxy.
I installed Charles proxy along with the ssl…
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How to check if the device is a "1st generation Kindle Fire " or other version?
In my application I need to check if the device is a "1st generation Kindle Fire" or other version. How can I do this?
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stage.stage3Ds is empty when debuging on Kindle Fire HD 8.9"
when i debug my program stage.stage3Ds is empty ( length 0 ) this gives me an error when i try to use it for programming. When I push a new Stage3D on to stage.stage3Ds and then use the requestContext3D() function, I never get the context3d_create…
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Viewpager on kindle shows gray overlay when swipe between pages
I have implemented viewpager with some webviews as its child (using PagerAdapter). When I run this in Kindle devices (I have tested with Kindle HD) during swipe I see a gray overlay during page transition and it disappear when transition finish. I…
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kindle vs android
I develop application for android and kindle. I want to use one layout for two devices, is that possible or I should provide layout for android and kindle separately?
Сan I separate functional implementation from ui, to avoid developing 2 projects…
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