Hello there, After I loaded the virtual Sdcard as instructed, the original error went away, but now i got another error message, "Unable to download file as content type is not supported" The file i'm trying to view is a .pdf file. Please help on what I should do to get this resolved. Thanks!
On Mar 26, 10:50 pm, Squid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Digit, > Thanks so much for the information. I will give it a try! > Squid > > On Mar 26, 5:52 pm, Digit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > yes, I mean a virtual SD card, that is really an FAT32 image file on your > > development machine that the emulator "mounts" when it starts up. > > -sdcard <imagefile> is one of the standard emulator options. see the > > documentation > > at:http://code.google.com/android/reference/emulator.html#startup-options > > > the Eclipse plugin also allows you to specify startup options when it > > launches the emulator automatically for you. I don't remember the details > > but > > there is an options panel for it. > > > On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 4:29 PM, Squid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > when you said "the browser requires an SD card attached to your > > > emulator," do you mean a virtual card? How do i start the emulator > > > with the -sdcard? > > > Thanks a lot for your quick response > > > > On Mar 26, 4:13 pm, Digit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > it simply means that to be able to save data downloaded from the > > > network, > > > > the browser requires an SD card attached to your emulator. > > > > that's where all downloads will go. > > > > > in other words, you must start the emulator with -sdcard <file>, where > > > > <file> is an SD card image file created with the "mksdcard" tool > > > > > On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 3:57 PM, Squid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > When i accessed this link > > > > >http://jo.ecs.fullerton.edu/cpsc589/notes/cpsc589-01-intro.pdf > > > > > > I got the below error: > > > > > > "error downloading file requires sdcard" > > > > > > Does any one know what this error mean, and what to do to be able to > > > > > access the file? > > > > > > If Android browser doesnt support it at the moment, can we > > > > > programmatically do it in an Android application? > > > > > > Thanks- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Announcing the new M5 SDK! http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/02/android-sdk-m5-rc14-now-available.html For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
