Also, make sure that you are serving the APK file as the right mime- type... It should be: application/vnd.android.package-archive
On Nov 19, 12:00 pm, "Roman ( T-Mobile USA)" <roman.baumgaert...@t- mobile.com> wrote: > 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
