[android-developers] Re: Hosting APKs files on site works for emulator, but not device?

2009-03-17 Thread Al Sutton
Does the URL you're downloading from use a redirect or something similar to get to the apk? Many free file hosting or website hosting packages use a loading page and some type of redirect (a Meta refresh tag being one example), and there have been problems with those on the device (see

[android-developers] Re: Hosting APKs files on site works for emulator, but not device?

2009-03-17 Thread Michael Krehan
Al, thanks for the reply. It's on my own server (a Linux-based Apache server), and it's a simple A HREF that goes straight to the file in the same directory. No redirection or anything. I tried it on an ADP1 and a G1, both on the T-Mobile network, and it didn't work. The emulator worked fine. The

[android-developers] Re: Hosting APKs files on site works for emulator, but not device?

2009-03-17 Thread Al Sutton
If you want to send me a link off list I'll see what I can find. Al. Michael Krehan wrote: Al, thanks for the reply. It's on my own server (a Linux-based Apache server), and it's a simple A HREF that goes straight to the file in the same directory. No redirection or anything. I tried it

[android-developers] Re: Hosting APKs files on site works for emulator, but not device?

2009-03-17 Thread EboMike
I tried it again this morning and it works now. I guess T-Mobile keeps a cached file for 24 hours or so. At this point, I'm positive that the problem lies with T-Mobile: a) it works from within the emulator, b) I don't see a hit in the accesslog when I try to download it, c) it works after 24

[android-developers] Re: Hosting APKs files on site works for emulator, but not device?

2009-03-17 Thread Jean-Baptiste Queru
It'd be great if you could leave a note about your findings at http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=1085 Thanks, JBQ On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 8:13 AM, EboMike ebom...@gmail.com wrote: I tried it again this morning and it works now. I guess T-Mobile keeps a cached file for 24