I am using my phone mostly as a Mobile internet device, and I email quite a lot of archives. I use my phone all the time (up to 3-4hr a day) while traveling from pc to pc, and I occasionally have to download a compilation of files (e.g. multiple documents for a single project, archives with multiple pictures, etc). So by being able to do that native would be pretty handy, however I know that such things aren't a priority at the moment.
I ain't much of a developer, and I haven't read the abilities of the SDK thoroughly, but what I understand is that one is able to rip the default Download Manager (which is pretty neat and very well integrated) out of the stock browser replacing only that part with a 'improved' Download manager, fully working together with the browser. (more or less like the DownloadThemAll plugin for Firefox) Am I correct? On Aug 20, 9:59 am, hackbod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A third party developer is free to write an application that > understands the zip MIME type and does something with it that the user > might care about. This functionality is not currently provided as > part of the base platform. > > Why do you want to download on to your phone a zip file or some other > file type that you can't do anything with? > > On Aug 19, 3:54 pm, Sir Nobax <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Not sure if this is the right place, but I have a (simple?) question > > about the Download Manger integrated in the 0.90 SDK Emulator. > > Soo, I tried, just to familiarize myself with my common use of a phone > > on Android, to surf 'the web' a bit, downloading some pictures, little > > bit of messing around, i.e. just playing. (and so far I like it :D ) > > However, when I tried to download a ZIP file, the download manager > > refused to download it, giving the following 'error': > > > "<Unkown> > > download2us.softpedia.com > > Cannot download. The content being downloaded is not supported on the > > phone." > > > Uh, what? First, no ZIP support? Why no ZIP support? > > Second, why won't it download the file, or at least let the user be > > able to force the download it, by e.g. a "Download Anyway" button that > > appears when you 'long-press' it. > > > I hope I am missing some hidden options or something, because, if it > > is true, that there is a very limited amount of files I would be able > > to download, I'd consider that a MAJOR drawback. > > > Anyone that can comment on this 'problem'? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" 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-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
