Here's another one that SHOULD be a no-brainer, but isn't. Eight
hours of searching on the forums, Google, etc... brings me in circles
back around to very incomplete (and often misleading) information:
Dead end/Question #1: Downloading via link is not working.
Downloading 3rd party apps is enabled. When I try to download
the .apk file from the web browser, the Android tells me the file
downloaded, and asks me to install the app. I click yes, and the
phone doesn't ask me for permission. The application simply doesn't
show up on the Appliations list.
Dead end/Question #2: Need clear instructions on getting an .apk
installed on the device.
I want to programmatically install an application on the Android by
downloading the .apk file to the phone. Forcing the user to accept
the application through startActivity is fine. I don't need "secret
installs" (nor do I think they're a good idea).
So, using this is fine:
startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("file:///
proper/path/etc/MyApkFile.apk");
Is that even the right way to use Intents to get the .apk file
launched/installed?
When I use it nothing happens.
Dead End/Question #3:
Also, using PackageManager would be good as well, but I can't find ANY
good documentation on how it's used, and NO documentation other than
API reference on IPackageInstallObserver). What I do find is terribly
incomplete, and includes two year old posts that PackageManager
installs might not be supported. So, it took me half a day to
figure out this :
packageManager.installPackage(packagePath);
When I use it nothing happens. Can't use an observer because the docs
on THAT are lacking as well.
Thanks for any help you can give.
Richard
<venting>
On a related note: I'm very grateful for the Android platform, and
overall it rocks!. But, having to find basic technical information
through wayward blogs and incomplete documentation has gotten
really .... really .... old.
</venting>
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