How do I connect to Kindle Fire for development?

Question

What do I need to do to use my Kindle Fire for android development? (Specifically for testing my apps on the device.)

Solution 1

You can find the instructions for connecting Kindle Fire to the ADB in a PDF of instructions provided by Amazon.

Paraphrased from the document:

1. Edit the adb_usb.ini file (located in ~/.android/)

2. Add the lines:

   0x1949
   0x0006
   

3. Save the file.

4. Run these commands to restart adb:

   adb kill-server
   adb start-server 
   adb devices  
   

NOTE: For Windows 7 users you need to download an additional driver.

Solution 2

Linux uses a different way to set up the device. According to Using Hardware Devices, you need to set up your Linux system as follows:

1. Edit /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules as root, and add the following line (create this file if it does not exist):

   SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="1949", MODE="0666"
   

2. Change the permission of this file by executing the following command as root:

   chmod a+r /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules
   

3. Reload the rules by executing the following command as root:

   udevadm control --reload-rules
   

4. Run these commands to restart adb:

   adb kill-server
   adb devices
   

If everything is ok, you will see your Kindle Fire listed as a device.

Solution 3

I was also looking forward how to connect Kindle on the ADB, so what I had to do is:

Go to Settings->Security and Enable ADB.

Comments

[MarkHu]

In addition to the below, for me it was necessary to reboot my computer to get it to recognize the new USB settings. I resisted doing this for quite awhile as it should ideally be sufficient to restart the particular service(s). If all else fails, try that.

[Admin]

It's perfectly ok and encouraged to answer your own questions to document things (just for anyone who doesn't know). I won't upvote this though since answers which only contain a link are bad. This answer gets useless when the link goes down. Which is probably the time people start searching for docs how to actually do that on alternative sources.

[Josh Metcalfe]

@alextsc Thanks for the comment. I've updated the answer to include the necessary changes attempting to cut out the verbosity from the linked document.

[Sudarshan Bhat]

This ain't working... I did exactly what you said. My KindleFire is still not showing up in the list of attached devices.

[Rocco]

... and there's no way to get a debug console this way.

[CoPLaS]

just used also adb start-server before adb devices and everything worked fine on ubuntu. thanks!