Kindle Fire

Tried testing on my Kindle Fire today. Results were not good. Has anyone else had success with it?

I've been able to test a game on my Android phone, so I know it isn't the game or the setup. I created a simple one-scene game with one actor on screen and no behaviors to test.

First, I cannot test directly to the device. It simply sits at "sending to device..." and nothing happens. I read in the Kindle development docs that you must have a special driver installed and they indicated you need to have at least one of the Fire emulators installed as well (https://developer.amazon.com/sdk/fire/setup.html). I tried running the SDK manager and following their instructions, but I never did see the Kindle Fire APIs pop up.

Getting an APK onto a Fire is not a simple process, either. There's no file manager, so you can't simply transfer it via a cable and run it. You have to host it on the internet and download it to install it.

After finally getting it installed, the app runs for about 2 seconds, then exits with no error message. It may have to do with calls to the Google Play service, which is a no-no for Amazon devices (they have their own API).

I'm happy to do some further testing when I get time. If anyone has any suggestions, I'll give it a shot!

[Moving to Development]

Has this been squared away?  I would like to get a tablet both for testing and for the family, and the Kindle Fire is my first choice.  If it's not working now, will it be in the near future?

Has there been any movement here?

1.  Can we test our stencyl games on the Kindle Fire?

2.  Can games successfully be submitted to the Amazon store?

I did not have luck with Kindle.

I did submit mine to Amazon with no problems. However i am not using any in game special features or calls.

Mine is a simple game.

Thanks for letting me know begleaphr.  I was under the impression that there weren't any problems submitting to Amazon, so it's good to get the clarification.

I'm guessing setting up testing with the Kindle has not been a development priority, but it will happen eventually.  Can we get a confirmation or an ETA? 

It's in the 3.x section. That just means it won't make it into 3.0 (but with no guarantees to if/when it will come after 3.0.)

Thanks for the update on that.  I think I will go with another android tablet, then.

I got my Kindle HDX working just fine after updating the SDK. If you follow what I did, you can launch directly on the device from Stencyl using the Android target without sideloading.

http://community.stencyl.com/index.php/topic,26115.0.html

So would I need an HDX, or would the previous HD model work too?

It will work, but you'll need to download the SDK for the HD model instead.