IF and when i go pro, will Amazon allow my games with the black bars on the edges? I have a few i don't want to rework for the fire, right now they are iPad size.
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tenrdrmerMember, Sous Chef, Senior Sous-ChefPosts: 9,934
Im not sure they would allow them on the fire like that.
It is difficult to know if apps are approved for Kindle Fire at any time as the developer portal does not tell you what your app is approved for. If an App is approved I get an email saying "the app is approved and will be considered separately for Kindle"...I do not receive an email stating whether it is approved or not. You can search for 'apps for kindle' using the store which is clunky...sadly the actual page for your app does not say if it is Kindle ready or not so you really have to use the 'apps for kindle' list to find your app.
My GS developed app 'hellozoo' is on the Kindle list and it will have the black bars on the edges.
I ported my app from the iPhone instead of iPad to kindle, it fits way better and I made my scen background color black so that it gives me black on the side edges about the width of the kindle menu bars that come up.. My app is in horizontal view.
I simply published a few of my iphone games as is. I didn't change the size or anything. That causes the kindle fire to letterbox the game with black bars on the left and right sides of the screen with your game playing in the middle.
Just as a test we submitted a game we designed for the ipad, to the Amazon market. It was accepted to the Amazon market however it was denied for the Kindle Fire. They basically said that there was less than 60% game playing space on the screen and that's why it was denied. The black bars on the side were too big. I'm not sure if the 60% is accurate or not, but that might be a good rule of thumb to use. Oh and don't submit straight from ipad settings. ;-)
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If an App is approved I get an email saying "the app is approved and will be considered separately for Kindle"...I do not receive an email stating whether it is approved or not.
You can search for 'apps for kindle' using the store which is clunky...sadly the actual page for your app does not say if it is Kindle ready or not so you really have to use the 'apps for kindle' list to find your app.
My GS developed app 'hellozoo' is on the Kindle list and it will have the black bars on the edges.
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Also will the black bars happen on the Nook Tablet? Does the Nook Tablet also have sound delays?
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