Can’t get kodi to work

I had kodi 16.1 and it was working OK. I saw that I need to put the new Kodi 17 to keep it working. Not sure what I did wrong but I can’t get kodi to work now. Its on my Samsung tablet. I tried going thru Google play and once installed, it turns on and shuts down. I got it to work on my firestick and Android box but can’t on tablet. Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you in advance,
dbl1973