Right now the download manager (which happens to own /cache) is not exposed to applications, so you have to do your downloads "manually".
JBQ On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 7:58 AM, BoD <bodl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Well ok then :) > > Actually I was also wondering if there was an API somewhere that I > didn't see in the framework to ask for a file download or is the > normal way to do that is to do it "manually" (using HttpClient or > URL.openConnection and all that jazz). > > Thanks a lot! > > BoD > > On Mar 18, 3:50 pm, Jean-Baptiste Queru <j...@android.com> wrote: >> It's not accessible to applications. >> >> JBQ >> >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 7:47 AM, BoD <bodl...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > Hi! >> >> > My app is downloading a file that does not need to be kept. So I was >> > trying to put it in the directory returned by >> > Environment.getDownloadCacheDirectory() (that returns "/cache"). >> >> > But apparently it is not accessible, (a FileNotFoundException is >> > thrown). >> >> > Is this normal? >> >> > Thanks! >> >> -- >> Jean-Baptiste M. "JBQ" Queru >> Android Engineer, Google. >> >> Questions sent directly to me that have no reason for being private >> will likely get ignored or forwarded to a public forum with no further >> warning. > > > -- Jean-Baptiste M. "JBQ" Queru Android Engineer, Google. Questions sent directly to me that have no reason for being private will likely get ignored or forwarded to a public forum with no further warning. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
