The mime type should work, but theres a bug in the current emulator which means you can't install non-marketplace apps (See http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg01263.html).
Al. Mark Hansen wrote: > I'd dug around in the past, but never could find the mime type. I > assumed we were going to get some sort of post eventually regarding > the app store and how and if we could host our own stuff. > > On Oct 3, 1:21 pm, Al Sutton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I've been trawling the web for some .apks to add into andappstore.com >> and noticed that a lot of people aren't using the MIME type which is >> necessary to automatically start the installer >> (application/vnd.android.package-archive). >> >> I would like to know from anyone hosting an .apk if this is because; >> >> a) You can't reconfigure their web servers to use the MIME type for >> .apks (due to shared hosting, etc.) >> b) You haven't got around to reconfiguring the web server to use the >> right MIME type. >> c) You could, but aren't planning to make the necessary change to the >> server. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Al. >> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
