Thanks, Richard! As always, great info. Bill > On Jan 5, 2017, at 11:32 AM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode > <use-livecode@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. > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World Systems > Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web > ____________________________________________________________________ > ambassa...@fourthworld.com http://www.FourthWorld.com > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
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