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if you've ever wanted an app that's not on the Amazon Appstore for your Kindle Fire tablet here's a little scheme I stumbled upon a while back I'm Maya's actor and today I'm going to show you how to sideload an app to a Kindle Fire without a computer to do this you're gonna need your fire and another Android device it could be your phone or another tablet we've got one handy you'll also need to have a Dropbox account set up on both the fire and the non fire device install ES File Explorer on your non-fire device you'll need to install apk extractor apk extractor will let you take apps you have on your device and export them an apk is an Android application package file that would mean if you can install an app on this device you should be able to export it and bring it over to your fire now I wanted to bring the Logitech Harmony app to the Kindle Fire so we can use it as my remote my home theater and it's not available on the Amazon App Store so it's the perfect candidate for this open up apk extractor and find the app you want to export there's the Harmony app select it and you'll see the app quickly exports to the apk extractor folder now that the apk is on your phone now what open up ES File Explorer and connect your Dropbox account by clicking network then cloud then select Dropbox now press back a few times on your phone to find the APK it's in the folder marked APK extractor open that up and you'll see the app long press the file and you'll see a new menu on the bottom of the screen copy the APK now go back to your dropbox and paste the file where you want i'm going to paste this into my apps folder you're done with your phone so let's move on to your Kindle on your Kindle Fire you'll go into your settings click applications allow apps from unknown sources by hitting the toggle button this will allow you to install the apk you exported open up ES File Explorer and connect it to your Dropbox the same way you did on your other device navigate to the harmony apk and open the file your Kindle will ask you if you want to install this application so click install and there we have the app running on a Kindle Fire that's just one way you can sideload apps that the Kindle Fire there's lots of different methods out there for more tips and tricks like this visit cnet-dot-com-slash-loaded