(KT5) How to develop apps like KUAL/Where to get the libraries to do it?

codersquare · 11-02-2025, 07:02 AM

Hi! Im just a developer trying to make a kind of app installer for kindles (kinda like kindleforge but with more apps) called SIMA (or Simple Installer for Many Apps) which is to be run like KUAL directly from the library.

But digging through the source code for KUAL led me to find that the "KDK" is not given by default, and i have no way to find it. Then i found out about something called "Kindlets", which *also* wasn't available on my kindle (couldn't find the Kindlet jars on my device).

If somebody could help me/give me links (or instructions) to obtain the needed libraries and compile my app, it would be really really helpful

codersquare · 11-02-2025, 09:09 AM

also, no i am not asking on how to develop apps FOR kual, i mean a gui app *like* kual

j.p.s · 11-02-2025, 11:46 AM

Support for kindlets went away from kindle firmware many years ago.

aha · 11-04-2025, 07:23 PM

Have you looked through this documentation already?

https://kindlemodding.org/kindle-dev/

11-02-2025, 07:02 AM	#1
codersquare Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2025 Device: Kindle 11th Gen (KT5)	(KT5) How to develop apps like KUAL/Where to get the libraries to do it? Hi! Im just a developer trying to make a kind of app installer for kindles (kinda like kindleforge but with more apps) called SIMA (or Simple Installer for Many Apps) which is to be run like KUAL directly from the library. But digging through the source code for KUAL led me to find that the "KDK" is not given by default, and i have no way to find it. Then i found out about something called "Kindlets", which also wasn't available on my kindle (couldn't find the Kindlet jars on my device). If somebody could help me/give me links (or instructions) to obtain the needed libraries and compile my app, it would be really really helpful

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11-02-2025, 09:09 AM	#2
codersquare Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2025 Device: Kindle 11th Gen (KT5)	also, no i am not asking on how to develop apps FOR kual, i mean a gui app like kual

11-02-2025, 11:46 AM	#3
j.p.s Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,847 Karma: 105494725 Join Date: Apr 2011 Device: pb360	Support for kindlets went away from kindle firmware many years ago.

11-04-2025, 07:23 PM	#4
aha Enthusiast Posts: 45 Karma: 1116 Join Date: Feb 2025 Device: k3, dxg	Have you looked through this documentation already? https://kindlemodding.org/kindle-dev/

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