Gospel Library in Amazon App Store

Could Gospel Library be made available in the Amazon App Store? The Kindle Fire pre-orders (50,000 / week!) suggest it will be a very hot seller in just a few weeks when it is available. It would be great if Gospel Library were available for install on the Fire via the Amazon App Store since that will likely be the primary method to install it on the device. Kindle Fire is an Android tablet (2.3, I believe) so there should be few, if any, technical limitations. Thoughts?

Ben

bennicholls wrote:Could Gospel Library be made available in the Amazon App Store? The Kindle Fire pre-orders (50,000 / week!) suggest it will be a very hot seller in just a few weeks when it is available. It would be great if Gospel Library were available for install on the Fire via the Amazon App Store since that will likely be the primary method to install it on the device. Kindle Fire is an Android tablet (2.3, I believe) so there should be few, if any, technical limitations. Thoughts?

Ben

I'm hoping for the same thing. From what I've read, the Fire will only use apps from the Amazon App store. We are going to purchase one to be our family tablet and we're hoping the Gospel Library will be available for it very soon. With the low price point, I'm guessing it will be very popular for families and will be a great tool for family gospel study.

paula24 wrote:We are going to purchase one to be our family tablet and we're hoping the Gospel Library will be available for it very soon. With the low price point, I'm guessing it will be very popular for families and will be a great tool for family gospel study.

Thanks for your reply, Paula! I think you may be right. I have tried gospel library on my phone (4.3"), a 7" tablet and a 10" tablet. I preferred reading the 7" tablet as my phone screen is a bit small and the 10" tablet is a bit too heavy.

From what I've read on Amazon's site, submitting Gospel Library to the Amazon App store will ensure that it is checked for compatibility with the Kindle Fire.

Here's a quote from Amazon FAQ the following link:
https://developer.amazon.com/help/faq.html

"How do I submit my app for Kindle Fire?
Kindle Fire features instant access to the Amazon Appstore for Android. To submit your app for Kindle Fire, simply join the Amazon Appstore Developer Program and submit your app using the Amazon Appstore Developer Portal. If you already have an app published in the Amazon Appstore for Android, we will automatically review your app for Kindle Fire.

How do I make sure my app is compatible with Kindle Fire?
If you already have an app published in the Amazon Appstore for Android, we will automatically review your app for Kindle Fire. We're testing our entire catalog of published apps now to ensure each app provides a high-quality customer experience on the device. If we find a problem with your app on Kindle Fire, we'll notify you and provide instructions for making your app available on Kindle Fire as appropriate."

We are planning to release Gospel Library and our other Android apps to the Amazon Appstore. Similar to other alternative app stores like B&N we are currently waiting for legal approval.

Asiel

You mentioned the apps are pending legal approval. Do you know roughly how long it will take to receive the approval? Is the legal approval on the Church's side or Amazon's? Is it a couple of week process or year long process? Also will all the LDS apps (Gospel Library, LDS Tools, Mormon Channel) be available for Kindle Fire?

Legal appoval is required by the church. Unfortunately we cannot predict how log the approals will take. They will take as long as needed for the legal department to make sure that the church is protected and all internal requirements are met.

We do intend to release the other android applications to the various product markets as well.

Thanks Jason. I'm glad to hear that the church's tools are being planned for deployment in all of those ecosystems. Here's hoping the approval process moves quickly.

jasonhyer wrote:Legal appoval is required by the church. Unfortunately we cannot predict how log the approals will take. They will take as long as needed for the legal department to make sure that the church is protected and all internal requirements are met.

We do intend to release the other android applications to the various product markets as well.

Thank you for answering our question. I look forward to their release. Thanks for all you do to help make gospel study portable.

And I completely agree bennicholls. The 7" size if perfect. I have an iPod touch and it's just OK for reading my scriptures and other gospel material, but I am looking forward to the larger size.

I just got a kindle fire today and was able to install gospel library and lds tools. On the Kindle under the device settings you can allow it to install applications from external sources. Then I just used the browser to download and install the apk from http://tech.lds.org/wiki/Gospel_Library_for_Android

Hope this helps.

Todd

Todd's suggestion worked great for me. The only thing I would add is just go to tech.lds.org/wiki on your Fire, then search for "LDS Tools Android" and "Gospel Library Android". On each wiki page, if you scroll down you will see a link for downloading the APK. After you download it, your fire will prompt you to install it.

dchris17 wrote:Todd's suggestion worked great for me. The only thing I would add is just go to tech.lds.org/wiki on your Fire, then search for "LDS Tools Android" and "Gospel Library Android". On each wiki page, if you scroll down you will see a link for downloading the APK. After you download it, ylour fire will prompt you to install it.

Great and Thank you... I have been planning on buying the fire, but wanted to make sure the LDS Apps worked on it.

dchris17 wrote:The only thing I would add is just go to tech.lds.org/wiki on your Fire, then search for "LDS Tools Android" and "Gospel Library Android". On each wiki page, if you scroll down you will see a link for downloading the APK. After you download it, your fire will prompt you to install it.

How do you start the app? From the reviews I've read, side-loaded apps don't appear in the apps bookshelf.

Thank you for the suggestion. I did get it to load on my Fire. And it all appears to be working.

RussellHltn wrote:How do you start the app? From the reviews I've read, side-loaded apps don't appear in the apps bookshelf.

It appears on my bookshelf just fine.

dchris17 wrote:Todd's suggestion worked great for me. The only thing I would add is just go to tech.lds.org/wiki on your Fire, then search for "LDS Tools Android" and "Gospel Library Android". On each wiki page, if you scroll down you will see a link for downloading the APK. After you download it, your fire will prompt you to install it.

Thankyou! I found the above 2 suggestions very helpful indeed. Both apps installed quickly with no problems. I did not have to go through the Amazon store and pay 15.00 plus for scriptures that the church gives for free, so I really appreciate the help.

This worked perfectly for me! Thanks for helping me too. I now have LDS tools and Gospel Library all loaded on my fire. Quick and simple!

Mike

Bypassed the Amazon App Store
Used the process listed below in a post and it worked great, you just have to remember to select the ".APK" file, the apps do show in the Kindle Fire "App" screen and I was able to add them to "Favorites"

Apps downloaded, installed, and tested successfully:
..Gospel Library
..LDS Tools
..TeamViewer Mobile App, TeamViewer 7.0.238 (Pro) Lic: free

Note: Kindle Fire install setting, tap the top right part of the screen, then Click "More...", then "Device", scroll to "Allow Installation of Application" change setting from "Off" to "On", accept the message. After the install, you may want to change "Allow Installation of Application" back to "Off"

Test Kindle Fire's 'Silk' Browser which uses Amazon’s EC2 cloud computing cluster
lds.org/Tools
..Calendar - works
..Directory - works
..Maps - works (make sure "Load images" setting is enabled)
speedtest.lds.org - worked somewhat
..(only speed test worked because "Java not Detected" and you must turn off "Accelerate page loading")
speedtest.net - worked (you must turn off "Accelerate page loading")

Thank you all for the work around to installing the Gospel Library and LDS Tools to the Kindle Fire, just wondering how the process is going to get the app out on the Amazon App Store is going? Any updates?

skeezix wrote:Thank you all for the work around to installing the Gospel Library and LDS Tools to the Kindle Fire, just wondering how the process is going to get the app out on the Amazon App Store is going? Any updates?

LDS Gospel Library (version 2.1.0.16) is currently in the Amazon App Store.

The title is LDS Gospel Library and it's free.

dwagstaff1 wrote:The title is LDS Gospel Library and it's free.

I just got a Kindle Fire for Christmas, and first thing I did was search for Gospel Library in the Appstore. Pleasantly surprised to find it. Wondering when other Android apps will show up there. In the meantime, I'll sideload them (or root and install the Market).

I just followed the instruction and installed LDS Tools on my new Kindle Fire. Thanks for the input.

I created instructions for installing other apps that currently aren't in the amazon app store on the LDSTech wiki.

As previously noted, you can download the gospel library (at least) directly from the amazon [kindle] app store. http://www.amazon.com/Church-Jesus-Chri ... 160&sr=8-1

I have the kindle fire hd 8.9 and gospel library won't list in the appstore. From my pc the app lists as not compatible with my device. The only version I can find to side load is 2.1.6.5 (quite old).
Is there a better apk?
Is the team trying to get it approved for the new kindle?

jimhyer wrote:I have the kindle fire hd 8.9 and gospel library won't list in the appstore. From my pc the app lists as not compatible with my device. The only version I can find to side load is 2.1.6.5 (quite old).
Is there a better apk?
Is the team trying to get it approved for the new kindle?

This whole thread is pretty old, I think. The Android team uses http://www.ldsmobiletester.com/android/ as the most current repository for all Android apps, including Gospel Library. Download the Current Release from there if you can't find it in the app store.

We just released a new version of the app on the Google Play store on Thursday and it has been submitted for the Amazon app store and is going through approvals. It should be listed as compatible with the Amazon tablets but please let us know if the new release is showing as not compatible when it is available.

Amazon now finds gospel library compatible for Kindle Fire 8.9. As of 27 Nov 12 It loaded 2.3.1.3. Thanks.