Android Chrome browser unnecessarily renames names & types of downloaded files

Question

I thought I\'d repost this since I have more detailed information:

THE ISSUE: Android Chrome browser renames a file to \"Download\" in all cases. It renames the type t

Answer 1

Content-Disposition has a history of being a problem on Android. You are certainly welcome to try removing the UTF-8 part and see if that helps Chrome. But definitely test the original Android Browser app as well, as numerically that's the most popular browser for Android.

See also:

• http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=11422
• Android browser/webview bug? Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="xyz.txt"
• http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=9991
• http://thedigiblog.wordpress.com/2011/04/19/android-and-the-download-file-headers/