Amazon to accept HTML5 apps for Kindle Fire - ZDNet (blog)

Summary: Also Amazon said it is offering tools to debug and monetize HTML5 apps. Best practices are also available to walk developers through the submission process.

By Larry Dignan for Between the Lines | August 7, 2013 – 13:55 GMT (06:55 PDT)

Amazon

que on Wednesday said it will begin taking applications and HTML5 mobile friendly websites in its app store.

The support for HTML5 applications means developers will get Broader distribution through the Amazon Kindle Fire and be marketed ecosystem with native apps.

Also

Amazon said it is offering tools to debug and monetize HTML5 apps. The tools include a Web App Tester, Which offers an environment to test applications. Also Amazon There’s an In-App Purchasing API for JavaScript.

Best practices are also available to walk developers through the submission process.

According to the company

HTML5 apps can run better on the Kindle Fire now because it’s based on the runtime based on the Chromium project.

Here’s a diagram of the submission process.

Topics: Web development, Amazon, Apps, Tablets

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