So I have an app which downloads certain files, dedicated to a client of mine who is hosting his files on a remote location, and i'm doing so using the code below:
public class DownloadService extends IntentService {
private int result = Activity.RESULT_CANCELED;
public DownloadService() {
super("DownloadService");
}
@Override
protected void onHandleIntent(Intent intent) {
String urlPath = intent.getStringExtra(URL);
String fileName = intent.getStringExtra(FILENAME);
File output = new File(Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_DOWNLOADS),
fileName);
if (output.exists()) {
output.delete();
}
URLConnection streamConnection = null;
InputStream stream = null;
FileOutputStream fos = null;
try {
URL url = new URL(urlPath);
streamConnection = url.openConnection();
stream = streamConnection.getInputStream();
streamConnection.connect();
long lengthofFile = streamConnection.getContentLength();
InputStream reader = stream;
bis = new BufferedInputStream(reader);
fos = new FileOutputStream(output.getPath());
int next = -1;
int progress = 0;
int bytesRead = 0;
byte buffer[] = new byte[1024];
while ((bytesRead = bis.read(buffer)) > 0) {
fos.write(buffer, 0, bytesRead);
progress += bytesRead;
int progressUpdate = (int)((progress * 100) / lengthofFile);
Intent testIntent = new Intent(".MESSAGE_INTENT");
testIntent.putExtra(PERCENTAGE, progressUpdate);
sendBroadcast(testIntent);
}
result = Activity.RESULT_OK;
fos.flush();
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
if (stream != null) {
try {
stream.close();
bis.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
if (fos != null) {
try {
fos.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
publishResults(output.getAbsolutePath(), result);
}
private void publishResults(String outputPath, int result) {
Intent intent = new Intent(".MESSAGE_INTENT");
intent.putExtra(FILEPATH, outputPath);
intent.putExtra(RESULT, result);
sendBroadcast(intent);
}
}
and to call this service i would use:
Intent intent = new Intent(MainActivity.getAppContext(), DownloadService.class);
intent.putExtra(DownloadService.FILENAME, downloadFileName[item]);
intent.putExtra(DownloadService.URL, urlDownload[item]);
MainActivity.getAppContext().startService(intent);
now this allows user to download one file at a time, however if the user downloads another file, the second file will have to wait till the first file is done downloading. now what is happening in my case is: 1- First download FILE_1 is downloading, and in the status is says FILE_1. 2- User clicks a new file download, the status changes the first file name to the second file name, and waits till FILE_1 finishes download to start with FILE_2 however the active download is changed from FILE_1 to FILE_2.
questions: is there a way to call DownloadService multiple times for multiple files? is it possible to fix the problem i'm facing? treating download intent services as two different intents?
UPDATE I managed to solve this issue by assigning a unique Int ID per file, each ID will point to a position in the listview which displays the files being downloaded or queued, then i work with each file on it's own.