You want to make sure that you use a public reachable URL. The href in your post for example won't work to download the APK.
Setup Apache-Tomcat for testing web access and place your apk somewhere in the webapps folder of your Tomcat setup. You should be able to download the apk using the following href <ip address of y server>:<port>/<folder in webapps>/<your apk> -- Roman Baumgaertner Sr. SW Engineer-OSDC ·T· · ·Mobile· stick together The views, opinions and statements in this email are those of the author solely in their individual capacity, and do not necessarily represent those of T-Mobile USA, Inc. On Nov 19, 12:40 am, Syl <[email protected]> wrote: > I have tested installation from Internet but only with the Emulator. > > Inside a web page, I set a link toward a APK file (for example : <a > href="/myApplication.apk">Click here to install</a>). > > From the web browser in the emulator, when I click on the link, the > file is downloaded. Then, when I click on the downloaded file from the > download manager of the browser, installation starts (NOTE : a message > can invite the user to modify settings to authorize the install of > packages not provided from Android Market). > > However, I have not tested the behaviour on a real device. > > Does any one know if it is the same behaviour ? > > On 19 nov, 04:19, babu <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Is there any way to download APK from the internet on an Android phone > > (T Mobile MyTouch)? I have installed the Apps Installer application > > that installs APK's from the SDCard. However I want to download the > > APK from the internet and then use Apps Installer to install it. > > Currently when I download my APK, it gets stored as a TXT file on the > > phone for some reason. Is there any way around this? > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
