Kindle fire apps?

[William Prothero]

Thanks, Richard! As always, great info.
Bill

> On Jan 5, 2017, at 11:32 AM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> William Prothero wrote:
> 
> > I'm considering purchasing a Kindle Fire so I can take my books with
> > me on a trip to Spain without fear of losing my iPad Pro, which costs
> > 10 times as much as the Kindle.
> >
> > I'm wondering, tho, if anybody is making apps for Kindle with
> > livecode. I read, in the Kindle reviews, that the Kindle doesn't
> > access the Google App Store. So I'm wondering if the Kindle is a
> > viable test platform for Android apps.
> 
> Very much so.  I would consider Amazon's FireOS an essential deployment for serious developers.
> 
> At 4% Amazon's market share isn't as big as Apple's 25.8% or Samsung's 15.6%, but it is by far the fastest-growing at 1200% YoY:
> <http://marketingland.com/apple-owns-tablet-market-amazon-growth-leader-186803>
> 
> Lat year I got the Amazon Fire 7" tablet, which lists for US$49.99 and patient people can usually pick it up on sales throughout the year for US$39.99.  Amazing hardware for that price point.  Not a top-of-the-line tablet for forty bucks, but certainly beyond others below US$60.  I don't even like tablets, but I find myself reading on that one often. And if you need a 7" Android-compatible tablet for testing, the low price makes it a no-brainer to round out your test pool.
> 
> Amazon's business model with devices is to sell the hardware super-cheap and recoup on content sales.  This makes their devices generally good consumer values, but at the cost of convenience for long-time Android fans, since Google Play is not installed.
> 
> It's possible to install Google Play, but only through a lot of work. Few bother. I didn't.
> 
> Most consumers will use the device as-is, but not an impediment to developers: Amazon's dev site appears at least as easy to work with as Google's (Jacque may be able to provide more hands-on feedback on that).
> 
> During testing both stock Android and Amazon's rebranded FireOS are super-easy to deploy to.  And since the same Android build will run on both flavors, the modest time required to set up a dev account at Amazon is an easy choice to justify given the size of their audience and the smaller number of apps there competing for attention.
> 
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> Richard Gaskin
> Fourth World Systems
> Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web
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