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Android app in Amazon Market not showing on Kindle Fire

What is the trick to getting an app to show in the Amazon Market on the Kindle Fire?

I have submitted my android app to Amazon Marketplace and it was approved months ago. When I search for that app (through Amazon Marketplace) on my Motorola Xoom, or my wife's Nexus One, I am able to find it. Search on the Kindle, its nowhere to be found.

I read Amazon's suggestions at https://developer.amazon.com/help/faq.html regarding the Kindle Fire and it doesn't give any hints why it wouldn't show up. I have the following relevant entries in my Manifest:

<supports-screens
    android:smallScreens="true"
    android:normalScreens="true"
    android:largeScreens="true"
    android:resizeable="true"
    android:anyDensity="true"
    />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS"></uses-permission>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"></uses-permission>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.GET_TASKS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="8" />
Solution

  • Amazon approve apps separately for the Kindle Fire. What is the nature of your application? Amazon are blocking certain apps from the Kindle Fire, seemingly where it competes with their services, like eReader apps.