This is harder than I thought.. You need to create intents(different ones for various Android OS versions), add REQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGES in your manifest and make sure you have permission to external storage.
The Browser method will only allow you to download the apk to the download folder and the user will have to browse to it with a file manager and click on it to start the install. Why your browser is not starting the download might be Chrome trying to save you from malicious apps? I can download an apk if I type a url into Chrome. Maybe you can get around this with a page redirect? All in all to make this automatic will be a process. Maybe a stub stack and downloading a new main stack to update might be easier? Ralph DiMola IT Director Evergreen Information Services rdim...@evergreeninfo.net -----Original Message----- From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of J. Landman Gay via use-livecode Sent: Friday, July 19, 2019 5:16 PM To: LiveCode Mailing List Cc: J. Landman Gay Subject: Downloading apk I'm trying to download an apk update from a server without success. What is the correct URL format? This fails: launch url ("https://www.mydomain.com/myapp.apk";) This launches Chrome but stops at whatever web page was previously open. It doesn't even go to the designated domain. The goal is to have Android recognize the file type and offer to install/update. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
