Android DownloadManager API - opening file after download?

Question

I am facing problem of opening downloaded file after successfull download via DownloadManager API. In my code:

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Answer 1

You need to register a reciever for when the download is complete:

registerReceiver(onComplete, new IntentFilter(DownloadManager.ACTION_DOWNLOAD_COMPLETE));

and a BroadcastReciever handler

BroadcastReceiver onComplete=new BroadcastReceiver() {
    public void onReceive(Context ctxt, Intent intent) {
        // Do Something
    }
};

Buy instead of me ripping off everything, I suggest you'll check this out.

EDIT:

Just as a suggestion, I wouldn't recommend using API 9 just yet: http://developer.android.com/resources/dashboard/platform-versions.html

There are ways around this, by creating your very own download handler, like I did, because we didn't want to alienate most of our android's user base, for that you'll need: Create AsyncTask which handles the file download.

and i'll recommend to create a download dialog of some sort (if you say it's a big file, i'd make it appear in the notification area).

and than you'll need to handle the opening of the file:

protected void openFile(String fileName) {
    Intent install = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
    install.setDataAndType(Uri.fromFile(new File(fileName)),
            "MIME-TYPE");
    startActivity(install);
}