How to download files from net programmatically in Android?
I'd like to point out that Android 2.3 (API Level 9) introduces a new system service called the DownloadManager
. If you're OK with only supporting 2.3, then you should definitely use it. If not, you can either:
- Check if the
DownloadManager
is available and use it if it is. If it's not (Android < 2.3), download the file yourself, for example as described by xil3. - Don't use
DownloadManager
at all, if you think it's too much work. However, I strongly believe you will benefit from its use.
Here's some code that I recently wrote just for that:
try {
URL u = new URL("http://your.url/file.zip");
InputStream is = u.openStream();
DataInputStream dis = new DataInputStream(is);
byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
int length;
FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() + "/" + "file.zip"));
while ((length = dis.read(buffer))>0) {
fos.write(buffer, 0, length);
}
} catch (MalformedURLException mue) {
Log.e("SYNC getUpdate", "malformed url error", mue);
} catch (IOException ioe) {
Log.e("SYNC getUpdate", "io error", ioe);
} catch (SecurityException se) {
Log.e("SYNC getUpdate", "security error", se);
}
This downloads the file and puts it on your sdcard.
You could probably modify this to suit your needs. :)