Sideload Kodi on Fire TV with adbFire App

Kodi Installation on Fire TV with adbFire App

Download adbFire app from the below links

Download adbFire 1.22 for Windows
Download adbFire 1.22 for OS X 10.7 or greater
Download adbFire 1.22 for Linux

Sideloading Kodi using adbFire app is quite simple as well. Just run the application file in the extracted adbFire folder. Then, 1) enter the IP address, 2) press connect, and 3) press Install APKand browse and select the downloaded Kodi apk file.

Sideload Kodi on Amazon FireTV with adbFire

The the progress bar at the bottom proceed to completion. You see a confirmation message after successful Kodi installation on AFTV.

Launch and Run Kodi on Amazon Fire TV

AFTV does not add homescreen shortcut icons for sideloaded applications. Therefore, to launch Kodi go to  Settings -> Applications -> Manage All Install Applications -> Scroll down and select Kodi -> Select Launch Application.

Manage Installed Fire TV Applications

That’s a lot of steps to launch an application. You can overcome this limitation by creating a Kodi shortcut on Amazon Fire TV homescreen or making your Amazon Fire TV automatically boot to Kodi.