Running Play Store on Amazon Fire

playwithfire.md

Instructions for running Google Play on Amazon Fire.

These instructions are tested on a Fire running Fire OS 5.0.1 : Android 5.1

Setup adb (android debugger)

1. Download and Install the Android SDK from http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html#Other

Enable debugging of the device

1. In your Fire, open Setting -> "Device Options". Tap on "Serial Number" 7 times to enable Developer Mode.
2. Inside "Developer Options", check "Enable ADB". (Sometimes the UI is finicky, so you might have to disable and re-enable this to be able to see the device from abd.
3. Run adb devices in your command line and ensure it lists a device id.

Download the following APKs

1. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/957/GoogleServicesFramework.apk
2. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/957/GoogleLoginService.apk
3. http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/google-play-services/ (com.google.android.gms_8.2.99_(2339544-240)-8299240_minAPI21(arm64-v8a,armeabi-v7a)(nodpi).apk)
4. http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/google-play-store/ (com.android.vending_5.10.29-80402900_minAPI9(nodpi).apk)

When downloading from apkmirror, ensure that the APK has "Minimum Android version" lower than Android 5.1. I was successful with the APK versions listed above.

Install the apks

1. Install all the APKs using adb install <apk>
2. Run adb shell pm grant com.google.android.gms android.permission.INTERACT_ACROSS_USERS
3. Run adb shell pm hide com.amazon.kindle.kso (removes ads)

Restart Kindle and run Play Store!