Can anyone give me an idea on how to create a textview which has a link and when the user click it, the file from that link will be automatically downloaded by the device
EDIT:
here's the code were working on:
String link = "http://www.exampleurl.com/"+pref.getString("fsfile" + count, null);
link = link.replaceAll(" ", "%20");
fsfile.setText("Attached File");
fsfile.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
// starting new Async Task
new DownloadFileFromURL().execute(link);
}
});
but it seems the String link
is not identified inside the .setOnClickListener
Thats quite easy
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/DownloadManager.html
Example: http://androidtrainningcenter.blogspot.co.at/2013/05/android-download-manager-example.html
And start this method after clicking the textview (Catch with Handler or listener)
/**
* Start Download
*/
public void startDownload() {
DownloadManager mManager = (DownloadManager) getSystemService(Context.DOWNLOAD_SERVICE);
Request mRqRequest = new Request(
Uri.parse("http://androidtrainningcenter.blogspot.in/2012/11/android-webview-loading-custom-html-and.html"));
mRqRequest.setDescription("This is Test File");
// mRqRequest.setDestinationUri(Uri.parse("give your local path"));
long idDownLoad=mManager.enqueue(mRqRequest);
}
But be sure you are min. on API 9
Please use the below code onclick of TextView:
<Your TextView>.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
// starting new Async Task
new DownloadFileFromURL().execute(<Your URL String>);
}
});
DownloadFromURL.java
public class DownloadFileFromURL extends AsyncTask<String, String, String> {
/**
* Before starting background thread
* Show Progress Bar Dialog
* */
@Override
protected void onPreExecute() {
super.onPreExecute();
showDialog(progress_bar_type);
}
/**
* Downloading file in background thread
* */
@Override
protected String doInBackground(String... f_url) {
int count;
try {
URL url = new URL(f_url[0]);
URLConnection conection = url.openConnection();
conection.connect();
// getting file length
int lenghtOfFile = conection.getContentLength();
// input stream to read file - with 8k buffer
InputStream input = new BufferedInputStream(url.openStream(), 8192);
// Output stream to write file
OutputStream output = new FileOutputStream("/sdcard/downloadedfile.jpg");
byte data[] = new byte[1024];
long total = 0;
while ((count = input.read(data)) != -1) {
total += count;
// publishing the progress....
// After this onProgressUpdate will be called
publishProgress(""+(int)((total*100)/lenghtOfFile));
// writing data to file
output.write(data, 0, count);
}
// flushing output
output.flush();
// closing streams
output.close();
input.close();
} catch (Exception e) {
Log.e("Error: ", e.getMessage());
}
return null;
}
/**
* Updating progress bar
* */
protected void onProgressUpdate(String... progress) {
// setting progress percentage
pDialog.setProgress(Integer.parseInt(progress[0]));
}
/**
* After completing background task
* Dismiss the progress dialog
* **/
@Override
protected void onPostExecute(String file_url) {
// dismiss the dialog after the file was downloaded
dismissDialog(progress_bar_type);
// Displaying downloaded image into image view
// Reading image path from sdcard
String imagePath = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().toString() + "/downloadedfile.jpg";
// setting downloaded into image view
my_image.setImageDrawable(Drawable.createFromPath(imagePath));
}
}