Peter, If you try to install an apk to device using a different way than the Test button, you have to make sure you have "Sign for Development only" in the Android standalone settings.
Best Panos On Sep 5, 2017 20:40, "Colin Holgate via use-livecode" < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > I don’t know the answer to your question, but as far as testing a LiveCode > app on Android goes, I would use the Development menu, Test Target, Test, > to try it on a connected Android device. > > For installing an APK I would usually just post it online somewhere, that > way I can try it on various devices without having to connect them, or even > have them at all (it might be someone else doing the testing). > > One odd thing you said, as far as I know Fire is always in developer mode. > > > > On Sep 5, 2017, at 12:32 PM, Peter Reid via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > > Hi Jonathan, Colin & Jacqueline > > > > Thanks for the various suggestions. > > > > On my Mac, I have installed the Java SDK 8.144 and Android Studio 2.3.3 > together with Android File Transfer. In LC 8.1.6 I have set up the > reference to the Android SDK (/Users/peter/Library/Android/sdk/). On my > Amazon Fie 7 tablet, I have enabled Developer mode and EDB debugging. > > > > With this set-up I am able to build an APK app package and copy the APK > to the Downloads folder on the tablet. If I tap open the APK file it > offers to install it, with 2 apparently active buttons - Cancel and Install > (both in the same colour orange text). The screen correctly list the > facilities the app will need access to. However, only the Cancel responds > to a tap, the Install does nothing and says nothing! > > > > Any suggestions as to how I get over this last hurdle? > > > > Thanks > > > > Peter > > -- > > Peter Reid > > Loughborough, UK > > > >> Message: 1 > >> Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2017 09:35:57 -0700 > >> From: Colin Holgate <colinholg...@gmail.com> > >> To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> > >> Subject: Re: Deploying to Android (Amazon Fire 7) > >> Message-ID: <189a5025-6c44-46b3-990c-b03d810e8...@gmail.com> > >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > >> > >> I don?t know for sure if it?s still needed, but here are the steps I > wrote about, that were needed back then, to add Kindle Fire to ADB: > >> > >> https://books.google.com/books?id=9lpx4JbMDrQC&pg= > PT120&lpg=PT120&dq=colin+holgate+0x1949&source=bl&ots=rPkJGT8NQf&sig= > PNo6PCRI1Hfl4d65-UTgRbpAgXg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwis1LjVvI7WAhVHw2MKHUPCB > hMQ6AEIPjAF#v=onepage&q=colin%20holgate%200x1949&f=false > >> > >> When that loads you may need to scroll up a few lines to the start of > that section. > >> > >> ------------------------------ > >> > >> Message: 10 > >> Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2017 12:25:31 -0500 > >> From: "J. Landman Gay" <jac...@hyperactivesw.com> > >> To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> > >> Subject: Re: Deploying to Android (Amazon Fire 7) > >> Message-ID: > >> <15e53135af8.285b.5e131b4e58299f54a9f0b9c05d4f07 > f...@hyperactivesw.com> > >> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="us-ascii" > >> > >> If you don't want to install Android File Transfer you can also use a > cloud > >> service like Dropbox to move the apk to the device. > >> -- > >> Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com > >> HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com > > > > > >>> Message: 1 > >>> Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2017 06:22:45 -0400 > >>> From: jonathandly...@gmail.com > >>> To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> > >>> Cc: Peter Reid <pr...@reidit.co.uk> > >>> Subject: Re: Deploying to Android (Amazon Fire 7) > >>> Message-ID: <2b51de3a-c7c7-4db1-b18b-31e2bed3b...@gmail.com> > >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > >>> > >>> Hi Peter, > >>> > >>> Are you able to produce the android standalone file? > >>> > >>> I just copy that file to my android device and click on it to install > it. I find it much easier than iOS. > >>> > >>> Sent from my iPhone > >>> > >>> ------------------------------ > >>> > >>> Message: 2 > >>> Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2017 07:11:43 -0400 > >>> From: jonathandly...@gmail.com > >>> To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> > >>> Cc: Peter Reid <pr...@reidit.co.uk> > >>> Subject: Re: Deploying to Android (Amazon Fire 7) > >>> Message-ID: <9e9ed30d-70c1-4185-8fe2-a7906d8fd...@gmail.com> > >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > >>> > >>> A few more pointers: > >>> > >>> You need to have Android File Transfer installed on your Mac. > >>> > >>> You need to put the android device into developer mode. You can find > instructions for this online. > >>> > >>> When you connect the device to a Mac you need to go into the settings > in Android and change the setting for the connection from charging to file > transfer. > >>> > >>> After you are in developer mode and after you have set it to allow > file transfers, drag the Android standalone file from your Mac finder app > into a convenient folder in the Android File Transfer app. > >>> > >>> In the Android device, open up the Amy Files app and click on the file > you transferred. This will install the app. You can run it from there. > >>> > >>> Sent from my iPhone > >>> > >>> ------------------------------ > >>> > >>> Message: 3 > >>> Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2017 07:14:06 -0400 > >>> From: jonathandly...@gmail.com > >>> To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> > >>> Subject: Re: Deploying to Android (Amazon Fire 7) > >>> Message-ID: <84561ba2-5cfc-458e-8a71-4aab28c33...@gmail.com> > >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > >>> > >>> That last paragraph should say "My Files app" not "Amy Files app" > >>> > >>> Sent from my iPhone > >>> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > use-livecode mailing list > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
