how to save downloaded files in cache android

Question

Hi i\'m streaming video from a website in my android application. I have a history option showing the last seen videos. I wonder if i can use cache so that when the user ent

Answer 1

It should help you.

    URLConnection cn = new URL(mediaUrl).openConnection();   
    cn.connect();   
    InputStream stream = cn.getInputStream();

    File downloadingMediaFile = new File(context.getCacheDir(), "downloadingMedia.dat");

    FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(downloadingMediaFile);   
    byte buf[] = new byte[16384];
    do {
        int numread = stream.read(buf);   
        if (numread <= 0) break;   
        out.write(buf, 0, numread);
        // ... 
    } while (...);