How to Get Android Market Apps on a Nook Color

The Nook Color's default Android operating system cannot use the Android Marketplace, but a rooted Nook Color can. The Android Marketplace requires the Android Debug Bridge, part of the Android software development kit, as well as the Google application package. Once you install the Android Marketplace application on your Nook, you can add applications to this ereader turned Android tablet.

Things You'll Need

• Rooted Nook Color
• Android SDK zip file
• HoneyGApps v2

Instructions

1. Save the Android SDK zip file to the base directory on your "C" drive. Extract the zip folder into this directory. Double-click "android-sdk-windows." Double-click "SDK Manager." The SDK Manager program launches and lists a number of installable packages.

2. Check "Android SDK Platform-tools," click "Install" and wait for the package to complete installation. Click "Start" and right-click "Computer." Select the "Properties" option from the context menu. Click "Advanced System Settings" and "Environmental Variables."

3. Double-click "Path." Copy and paste the line ";c:\android-sdk-windows\tools;c:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools" to the end of the "Path" variable entry. Do not replace the information currently in the "Path" entry. Click "OK." Your computer now knows the specific path for the SDK tools through the command prompt.

4. Go back to the SDK Manager. Click "Available Packages." Click "Third-party packages" and check "Google USB driver package, revision 4." Click "Install Selected." Connect the Nook Color to your computer with the USB cable. Point the hardware installation wizard to the newly downloaded Google USB drivers to complete this part of the installation.

5. Unzip HoneyGApps to your computer. Double-click the installer to load the Google applications, including the Android Market, to your Nook Color.

References

• Addictive Tips: Install Android 3.0 Honeycomb and Market on Nook Color; Fahad Abdullah; Feb. 4, 2011