Android Ecosystem

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Hp Prime Google Playstore offerings - HP Prime Free and HP Prime Pro

Primary forks: Android phone, Android tablet, Chromebook with Google Playstore added

Possible secondary fork: New Fire Tablets HD 8 and HD 10 with Amazon Appstore or using with Google Playstore added

Only thing missing in primary forks is Chromebook's Google Playstore is HP Prime Pro can not access the HP Prime Connectivity Kit. However, HP Prime programs and apps can be added directly or using copy and paste from a Chromebook's text editor's app. Chromebook's Google Playstore HP Prime Free works as expected.

New Fire Tablets HD 8 and HD 10 with Amazon's Appstore do not have a listing for HP Prime Free or Pro.

Work around 1: Download a file apk from Amazon's Appstore, set tablet for development, have tablet's browser download the Free apk file from a site containing the HP Prime Free apk. Install the downloaded Free's apk using the downloaded Amazon's Appstore file system app. The HP Prime Free works as expected.

Work around 2: XDA forums give the Fire Tablets HD 8 and HD 10 a method to add the Google Playstore without jailbreaking. Then both Free and Pro can be downloaded and installed using the Google Playstore. The HP Prime Connectivity Kit works with the Pro version.

To me Chromebook with Google adding its Google Playstore to new Chromebook models plus some older models is a perfect market for HP and it seems that it would not take much to make the layered Android - Chromebook wifi work for the Connectivity Kit.

The new Fire HD 8 and HD 10 tablets would be another large market that could be reached by having them add the Free and Pro to Amazon's Appstore. Work around 1 and 2 show that they seem to work as expected on the device. I would not expect HP to support work around 1 and 2.