> make sure you send the right mime type with your file. > application/vnd.android.package-archive
I would appreciate a little elaboration on this. Is there a provision of mentioning mime type while exporting the apk from eclipse ? Or should I mention when putting href in my website ? regards On Jan 8, 5:55 pm, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > Jagswrote: > > I develop for Android in mac . > > > Apart from publishing my app in google market, I also provide the apk > > file on my website. As, unlike iPhone android published apps dont give > > us a link similar to itunes link to app, we provide our link pointing > > to apk file. > > > Now the problem is, this apk file when downloaded from internet > > explorer is being by default saved as .zip file. the hyper link > > mentions .apk, but only when the save as dialog comes, it prompts to > > be saved as .zip. if i rename it to .apk, it works just fine. How will > > I prevent this file from being saved as zip file ? > > Do you have the APK MIME type set up on your Web server? > > application/vnd.android.package-archive > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > _Android Programming Tutorials_ Version 1.1 Available!
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