How to use Android DownloadManager?

Question

I want to download a file to SDCard with Android DownloadManager class:

Request request = new Request(Uri.parse(url));
request.setDestinationInExternalPublic         


        

Answer 1

Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_DOWNLOADS).toString() gives me /mnt/sdcard/downloads

And I'm able to use the downloaded file in onReceive (ACTION_DOWNLOAD_COMPLETE)

long downloadId = intent.getLongExtra(DownloadManager.EXTRA_DOWNLOAD_ID, 0);
Query query = new Query();
query.setFilterById(downloadId);
Cursor cur = dm.query(query);

if (cur.moveToFirst()) {
    int columnIndex = cur.getColumnIndex(DownloadManager.COLUMN_STATUS);
    if (DownloadManager.STATUS_SUCCESSFUL == cur.getInt(columnIndex)) {
        String uriString = cur.getString(cur.getColumnIndex(DownloadManager.COLUMN_LOCAL_URI));

        File mFile = new File(Uri.parse(uriString).getPath());
        ....

    } else {
        Toast.makeText(c, R.string.fail, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
    }
}

Answer 2

You can retrieve file path from localUri like this:

public static String getFilePathFromUri(Context c, Uri uri) {
    String filePath = null;
    if ("content".equals(uri.getScheme())) {
        String[] filePathColumn = { MediaColumns.DATA };
        ContentResolver contentResolver = c.getContentResolver();

        Cursor cursor = contentResolver.query(uri, filePathColumn, null,
                null, null);

        cursor.moveToFirst();

        int columnIndex = cursor.getColumnIndex(filePathColumn[0]);
        filePath = cursor.getString(columnIndex);
        cursor.close();
    } else if ("file".equals(uri.getScheme())) {
        filePath = new File(uri.getPath()).getAbsolutePath();
    }
    return filePath;
}