In this workshop we see how easy is to develop a native Android app for TV using Amazon Fire App Builder and how to connect to a media streaming service using media feeds.

1. MARIO VIVIANI
T E C H N O L O G Y E V A N G E L I S T, A M A Z O N A P P S T O R E U K
@mariuxtheone linkedin.com/in/marioviviani
D E V E L O P I N G A N D R O I D A P P S
F O R T V I N M I N U T E S W I T H
A M A Z O N F I R E A P P B U I L D E R

2. I T ’ S A - M E !
Ma r io V ivia n i
Technology Evangelist, Amazon Appstore UK
@mariuxtheone
Android Developer from 2010
95+ apps published
12,000,000+ downloads
Google Developer Expert 2013-15
Startup Founder, Co-Worker
Speaker at: Droidcon, Android Dev
Days, Big Android BBQ, Google I/O

3. Android is Not Just for
Mobile Devices

4. Android
Android TV Apps
based on
Fire OS
Fire TV Apps
based on

5. OS 5BASED ON
ANDROID 5.1
LOLLIPOP
ANDROID STUDIO

6. A M A Z O N F I R E T V FA C T S
Amazon Fire TV is
#1 BEST SELLING
Streaming Media Player
In US, UK and Germany
MANY MILLIONS
OF MINUTES
CONSUMED EVERY DAY
on Media Streaming Apps
on Fire TV in UK (2016)

7. FIRE TV FAMILY

8. bit.ly/firetvspecs
TV TV Stick (2015)
4K compatible
Quad-core CPU
2 GB RAM
(2160p)
WiFi – Bluetooth 4.1
8 GB Internal Storage
(actual formatted capacity will be less)
USB-A and MicroSD slot
FullHD
Dual-core CPU
1 GB RAM
(1080p)
WiFi – Bluetooth 3.0
8 GB Internal Storage
(actual formatted capacity will be less)
MicroUSB (power only)

9. TV APPS

10. TV APPS DEVELOPMENT
Fire TV SDK add-on
v17 Leanback Library
Fire TV SDK add-on

11. BUILDING APPS
FOR TV
IN MINUTES

13. F I R E A P P B U I L D E R
STREAMING MEDIA PLAYERS
Plug and Play template for audio and video
apps. Create an app in less than 1 hour.
E A S Y, FA S T A N D
B E A U T I F U L
Contains modules (plugins) to enable advanced
functionality
Handles JSON feeds, branding and
customisation
Can be extended with your own code
Supports Amazon Fire TV family

15. Available: On Github
Feeds: JSON and MRSS
Player: ExoPlayer, Custom
UX/UI: Optimised for big screen
Theme/Branding: Customisable
IAP: Available
Closed captioning: Available
Ads: Yes - FreeWheel, VAST
Analytics: Yes - Flurry, Omniture, Crashlytics, 3P
Login: Yes - Amazon, Adobe, Facebook, 3P
Available: On Github
Feeds: JSON, YouTube and MRSS
Player: VisualOn, OVP
UX/UI: Optimised for big screen
Theme/Branding: Customisable
IAP: Available
Closed captioning: Available
Ads: OVP
Analytics: Yes
Social Login: No
Web App Starter Kit

16. M O D U L E S
Social loginsIn-App Purchasing
Ads
Analytics
Media Player AD

17. F I R E A P P B U I L D E R W O R K F L O W
CONFIGURE YOUR
FEED LAUNCH THE APP!
CUSTOMIZE UI &
MODULAR COMPONENTS
SETUP RECIPE FOR
CATEGORIES AND CONTENTS
JSON

18. 1 . C R E AT E Y O U R C O N T E N T F E E D
JSON
MRSS
[
{"id":"123456",
"title":“My Awesome Video",
“description":“This is my awesome video",
"duration":"538",
"thumbURL":"http://myservice.com/thumbnail1.jpg",
"imgURL":"http://myservice.com/bigImage.jpg"",
"videoURL":"http://myservice.com/video.mp4"",
"categories":[“My Funny Videos”,
“Random Stuff”]}
...
]
SUPPORT FOR BOTH
TOKEN AND NON-TOKEN
BASED FEEDS

19. "cooker": "DynamicParser",
"format": "json",
"model": "com.amazon.android.model.content.Content",
"modelType": "array",
"query": "$[?(@.categories[0] in [$$par0$$])]",
"matchList": [
"title@title",
"id@id",
"description@description",
"videoURL@url",
"imgURL@cardImageUrl",
"imgURL@backgroundImageUrl"
]
2 . C R E AT E A R E C I P E TO M A P Y O U R C O N T E N T
R e c i p e . j s o n :

20. "cooker": "DynamicParser",
"format": "json",
"model": "com.amazon.android.model.content.Content",
"modelType": "array",
"query": "$[?(@.categories[0] in [$$par0$$])]",
"matchList": [
"title@title",
"id@id",
"description@description",
"videoURL@url",
"imgURL@cardImageUrl",
"imgURL@backgroundImageUrl"
]
2 . C R E AT E A R E C I P E TO M A P Y O U R C O N T E N T
Y O U R F E E D TA G S
F I R E A P P B U I L D E R TA G S
R e c i p e . j s o n :

21. 3 . C U S TO M I Z E T H E L O O K & F E E L
N a v i g a t o r. j s o n
C H A N G E T H E F O N T
4 0 + E M B E D D E D F O N T S + C U S TO M
"branding": {
"globalTheme": "AppTheme",
"lightFont" : "Roboto Light",
"boldFont" : "Roboto Bold",
"regularFont": "Roboto Regular"
}

22. 3 . C U S TO M I Z E T H E L O O K & F E E L
ContentBrowseActivity

23. 3 . C U S TO M I Z E T H E L O O K & F E E L
FullContentBrowseActivity

24. S TA RT TO D AY !
D O W N L O A D
github.com/amzn/fire-app-builder
D O C U M E N TAT I O N
bit.ly/FireAppBuilderDoc

25. Demo: FAB
bit.ly/FABWorkshopDocs

26. PUBLISH YOUR
FIRE TV APP

28. developer.amazon.com/appstore

30. H O W TO S U B M I T Y O U R A P P F O R E VA L U AT I O N
bit.ly/2f9IsyW
REGISTER ON
DEVELOPER PORTAL
APPS GET
EVALUATED FOR
FEATURING!
FILL OUT THE UK
DEVELOPER
SPOTLIGHT FORMSUBMIT YOUR APP
NEW

31. THANK YOU!
Mario Viviani
@mariuxtheone
@AmazonAppDev
vivianim@amazon.co.uk
developer.amazon.com/appstore