[android-developers] How to programatically install an app (apk)
I am looking for two examples (have searched all over, found many examples
and nothing works).
Inside an activity, I want to be able to install an app
From the Google Play Store
From a url: http://host/path_to/app.apk
I tried this:
apkurl is defined above as private String apkurl =
http://host/path_to/app.apk;;
this following method called from onCreate()
...
private void installApp() {
try {
Intent promptInstall = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW)
.setData(Uri.parse(apkurl))
.setType(application/vnd.android.package-archive);
startActivity(promptInstall);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
When the above code is run, I get this exception in the debugger
// android.content.ActivityNotFoundException: No Activity found to
handle Intent { act=android.intent.action.VIEW
typ=application/vnd.android.package-arc
}
I am also looking for a way to install an app via the market URI, I have
tried half a dozen examples and nothing works. If there is an Intent that
I can run that will install an apk from the market for from a direct url
link to an apk, please advise. Spinning my wheels here to get this to work
and any help would be appreciated.
thanks
J.V.
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Re: [android-developers] How to programatically install an app (apk)
On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 5:52 PM, JavaSrvcs jvsr...@gmail.com wrote:
Inside an activity, I want to be able to install an app
From the Google Play Store
From a url: http://host/path_to/app.apk
These are mutually exclusive. One URL can *either* point to the Play
Store *or* point to your own Web site, not both.
Moreover, there is no way to point to the Play Store to trigger an
immediate download AFAIK.
When the above code is run, I get this exception in the debugger
// android.content.ActivityNotFoundException: No Activity found to
handle Intent { act=android.intent.action.VIEW
typ=application/vnd.android.package-arc
That's because you did not download the APK file. The installer will
not handle http: Uri values. You need to download the APK yourself to
external storage, then trigger an install of the downloaded APK.
I am also looking for a way to install an app via the market URI, I have
tried half a dozen examples and nothing works.
That's not supposed to work. You can lead the user to the Play Store
page for an app, but you cannot force the user to download it.
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