How to Install the Gmail App on Your Kindle Fire

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Add the Gmail app to your Kindle Fire with this simple guide
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Gmail is an overall great tool to use for composing, sending, receiving, and organizing your email on your mobile device. The Kindle Fire, however, does not include this application out of the box. Thankfully, as the tablet runs the Android operating system, you can install Gmail manually and get it to work completely. It’s easy to do too.

Things You Should Know

  • Begin by enabling Unknown App installs. Navigate to your Settings > More > Enable unknown apps.
  • Install ES File Explorer from the Amazon app store.
  • Find the Gmail APK online via your Kindle Fire's web browser, then open the APK in ES File Explorer.
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Enabling Unknown App Installs

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    First, you need to allow the tablet to install applications that aren’t from the Amazon app store. To do this, access Settings by swiping down from the top of your tablet to view the “More” button.
    • Tap “More,” which is a plus icon inside a circle. You should be taken to the Settings menu.
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    This should be accessible by swiping to the bottom of the page a bit. Tap the “Off” button to toggle it to “On.”
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Downloading APK Files

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    App installers have a file extension that is APK. You will need to download these manually, but first you need a competent file manager to make it easier for you.
    • From the home screen, tap the Store icon at the upper-right corner of your screen. This should open the Amazon app store.
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    In the search bar at the top of your screen, enter “ES File Explorer” and hit the magnifying glass icon.
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    The results should yield two ES File Explorer apps as the top results. Pick the free one by tapping on it.
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    At the left of the app description, tap the orange “Download” button. The app should download and install automatically.
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    Open your tab’s browser. Head to these link on your tablet browser:
    • forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1342097&d=1348188625
    • forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1342106&d=1348188766
    • These links automatically download two essential Google Service apps that will make Gmail work properly.
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    Tap on this link to download it:
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Installing Apps

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    On your tablet home screen, locate the ES File Explorer app by swiping left or right on your home screen and tapping it when you locate it.
    • You should be taken to the internal storage of your tablet, indicated by the SD card name at the top.
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    Tap on the Downloads folder to access the downloaded installers from earlier.
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    Do this by tapping the APK files then tapping “Install” when Android notifies you. Tap “Done” when installation is finished for both installers.
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    Tap on the Gmail.apk file, and install it like you did the first two, but tap on “Open” on the final notification. This will launch Gmail when you finish installing it.
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    Tap the Search button at the bottom of the e-mail screen. Enter a search term in the search field, then tap Search on the onscreen keyboard. You can search by sender name, a word in an e-mail, or the e-mail subject.
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    Open or check a message for which you want to use the new label. Click the Labels button in the toolbar or, with Gmail keyboard shortcuts enabled, press l. Type the name for the new label under Label As. Now select "[label name]“ (create new) from the menu.
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