Thanks Mark. How exactly am i supposed to go about it? And just a small question. When the person modifies it via the Settings application he will be able to install the application. So when I try to install a 3rd party app into the emulator via the command adb install <path of apk> , how does it install correctly? Are the settings modified by the install command?
Once again Thanks for the help. On May 28, 8:23 am, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > chaitanya wrote: > > Hi Guys, > > I am trying to install a 3rd party free app through code. I initially > > download the apk from the web-site (androidfreeware.org), store it on > > a SD Card. I am using an emulator to check whether my app is working > > properly or not. I have attached a SD card to the currently running > > avd. > > > Then when the user clicks on the Install, I use this code to > > install it on the SD card. > > > public void onClick(View arg0) { > > // TODO Auto-generated method stub > > boolean success; > > int result = Settings.Secure.getInt(getContentResolver(), > > Settings.Secure.INSTALL_NON_MARKET_APPS, 0); > > if (result == 0) > > success = Settings.Secure.putString(getContentResolver(), > > Settings.Secure.INSTALL_NON_MARKET_APPS, > > "1"); > > Intent intent = new Intent(); > > intent.setAction(android.content.Intent.ACTION_VIEW); > > intent.setDataAndType(Uri.fromFile(downloadFile), > > "application/vnd.android.package-archive"); > > startActivity(intent); > > } > > You cannot modify Settings.Secure values from code. Please allow the > user to change that setting via the Settings application. > > > I read somewhere that in order to install 3rd party apps we need to > > set the value of INSTALL_NON_MARKET_APPS to 1. Do we need to set any > > permission in the manifest file. Also, when I checked logcat I got the > > following error > > > Could not read the AndroidManifest.xml file of /sdcard/test.apk > > and then it threw a FileNotFound Exception > > Note that you cannot have the SD card mounted both on your development > machine and on the device at the same time. If you want to be able to > access files on the SD card from code, you need to unmount the SD card > from your development machine. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://github.com/commonsguyhttp://commonsware.com/blog|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > Android Online Training: 21-25 June 2010:http://onlc.com -- 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
