This stuff is still under development, but I believe right now it is downloaded into a content provider that anyone can access. In the future, this will be downloaded to a more sophisticated download manager, that maintains per-item permissions so only the application requesting a download can access the files it is downloading, and it can then allow other applications to access particular uris -- such as when the user clicks on one of the downloads, granting the launched activity permission to open that particular uri.
On Mar 26, 3:29 pm, Amos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for your reply, Dianne! > > I'll register my Activity like you specified. > > But how will I be able to access the downloaded file. Will it be > downloaded to a temp location and have global read permission set on > it? How will the file's path be passed to me using the Intent sent by > the browser? > > Many thanks, > > Amos > > On Mar 26, 7:02 pm, hackbod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > All of Android's file mappings are based on MIME types. As long as > > your web server is returning the correct MIME type, you can implement > > an activity that says it knows how to VIEW that MIME type and it will > > be launched when the user clicks on such a file after downloading it. > > > On Mar 26, 3:34 am,Amos<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I would like to implement the following scenario: > > > > When a user browses a web page withBrowserand clicks a link with a > > > special file extension (which is unique to my application, such as > > > "www.mysite.com/somefile.xxx"), that file will be downloaded and then > > > my application launched to view the downloaded file. > > > > I'd like thebrowserto handle the file download if possible, and when > > > it's done start one of my activities and provide the file to it. > > > > This is desktop behavior and I'm not sure it conforms to the Android > > > intent/content provider way of doing things - but this is what I'd > > > like to happen. > > > > Any ideas or pointers? > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > >Amos --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Announcing the new M5 SDK! http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/02/android-sdk-m5-rc14-now-available.html For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
