Kindle reader app

Kumabjorn · 08-21-2014, 02:48 AM

I have the Kindle reader app for Samsung installed on my phone. I haven't used CC in a while, but today I downloaded two books to my Galaxy Note 3, and it worked fine. But when I opened the Kindle app, those books weren't there. I then opened CC and when I selected Reading for one of the books I was presented with Moon Reader+ as my choice for mobi reader. I can obviously do that, but I got curious as to why Kindle might have been dropped.

chaley · 08-21-2014, 03:07 AM

CC offers the Kindle for Android (K4A) only if the books are .mobi, .prc, or .azw*; and are in /kindle, /Android/data/com.amazon.kindle/files, or /Books. Are both of these true? You set the folders in CC's settings.

K4A has the same conditions (or perhaps more strict) before it will show books in its bookshelf.

AnemicOak · 08-21-2014, 04:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Kumabjorn

I have the Kindle reader app for Samsung installed on my phone.

IIRC you can have both that and the regular K4A installed at the same time. Do they both access books from the same place or does K4A-Samsung use a separate location?

chaley · 08-21-2014, 04:29 AM

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Originally Posted by AnemicOak

IIRC you can have both that and the regular K4A installed at the same time. Do they both access books from the same place or does K4A-Samsung use a separate location?

Samsung offers its own kindle app? I didn't know that. Given the hoops we had to jump through to get K4A to open at all, I am not surprised that the Samsung app does nothing.

Kumabjorn · 08-21-2014, 04:40 AM

I didn't Think to check folder settings in CC. That might explain the problem. I Think the Samsung app uses the same folders as the regular Kindle app. As far as I can tell the difference is the choice of four free boks in the Carousel screen and the desktop Icon. Otherwise I Believe they are exactly the same.

jackie_w · 08-21-2014, 05:18 PM

Books sent by CC (I've only tried azw3) to /kindle can certainly be seen by both standard Kindle for Android and the Samsung version installed on the same device.

If you open the book via CC it opens the standard K4A app, not the Samsung one. Both apps seem to maintain their own version of your current position in the book.

chaley · 08-22-2014, 05:11 AM

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Originally Posted by jackie_w

If you open the book via CC it opens the standard K4A app, not the Samsung one. Both apps seem to maintain their own version of your current position in the book.

Can you give me the android package name for the samsung app? You can get this using any android system info program such as "Android System Info" by Electric Sheep, or by going to the directory Android/data and looking for something that is reasonable such as com.samsung.kindle. The first way is far more certain.

My goal is to add the samsung app as an alternative kindle app, presenting it along with K4A if it is installed and the chosen book is in the right place and has a supported extension.

jackie_w · 08-22-2014, 07:30 AM

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Originally Posted by chaley

Can you give me the android package name for the samsung app?

It's com.amazon.kindlefs I'm not sure how serious Samsung is about this app. The initial install was in April 2014 with no upgrades since then. Standard K4A has been updated a few times in the same period.

08-21-2014, 02:48 AM	#1
Kumabjorn Basculocolpic Posts: 4,356 Karma: 20181319 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sweden Device: Kindle 3 WiFi, Kindle 4SO, Kindle for Android, Sony PRS-350 and PRS-T1	Kindle reader app I have the Kindle reader app for Samsung installed on my phone. I haven't used CC in a while, but today I downloaded two books to my Galaxy Note 3, and it worked fine. But when I opened the Kindle app, those books weren't there. I then opened CC and when I selected Reading for one of the books I was presented with Moon Reader+ as my choice for mobi reader. I can obviously do that, but I got curious as to why Kindle might have been dropped.

08-21-2014, 03:07 AM	#2
chaley Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,365 Karma: 8012652 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Notts, England Device: Kobo Libra 2	CC offers the Kindle for Android (K4A) only if the books are .mobi, .prc, or .azw; and are in /kindle, /Android/data/com.amazon.kindle/files, or /Books. Are both of these true? You set the folders in CC's settings. K4A has the same conditions (or perhaps more strict) before it will show books in its bookshelf. Last edited by chaley; 08-21-2014 at 04:25 AM.*

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08-21-2014, 04:40 AM	#5
Kumabjorn Basculocolpic Posts: 4,356 Karma: 20181319 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sweden Device: Kindle 3 WiFi, Kindle 4SO, Kindle for Android, Sony PRS-350 and PRS-T1	I didn't Think to check folder settings in CC. That might explain the problem. I Think the Samsung app uses the same folders as the regular Kindle app. As far as I can tell the difference is the choice of four free boks in the Carousel screen and the desktop Icon. Otherwise I Believe they are exactly the same.

08-21-2014, 05:18 PM	#6
jackie_w Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,251 Karma: 16539642 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: UK Device: ClaraHD, Forma, Libra2, Clara2E, LibraCol, PBTouchHD3	Books sent by CC (I've only tried azw3) to /kindle can certainly be seen by both standard Kindle for Android and the Samsung version installed on the same device. If you open the book via CC it opens the standard K4A app, not the Samsung one. Both apps seem to maintain their own version of your current position in the book.

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