[android-beginners] Re: how to install a .apk on my own phone...
phil wrote: then i tried copying it to the SD card, that worked, but then I couldn't figure out how to actually install it once I had it on there. You would need a file manager app from the Market to install off the SD card. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Need Android talent? Ask on HADO! http://wiki.andmob.org/hado --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Beginners group. To post to this group, send email to android-beginners@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-beginners-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-beginners] Re: how to install a .apk on my own phone...
okay, thx. any ideas why i can't download the file from a web server? On Aug 13, 4:34 pm, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote: phil wrote: then i tried copying it to the SD card, that worked, but then I couldn't figure out how to actually install it once I had it on there. You would need a file manager app from the Market to install off the SD card. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://twitter.com/commonsguy Need Android talent? Ask on HADO!http://wiki.andmob.org/hado --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Beginners group. To post to this group, send email to android-beginners@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-beginners-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-beginners] Re: how to install a .apk on my own phone...
Use AppsInstaller I have written some instrustions about that on my blog http://www.itblogs.info/index.php/2009/07/23/install-android-apps-from-sd-card?blog=6 On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 9:34 AM, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.comwrote: phil wrote: then i tried copying it to the SD card, that worked, but then I couldn't figure out how to actually install it once I had it on there. You would need a file manager app from the Market to install off the SD card. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Need Android talent? Ask on HADO! http://wiki.andmob.org/hado -- Regards, Michael Leung http://www.itblogs.info http://www.michaelleung.info --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Beginners group. To post to this group, send email to android-beginners@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-beginners-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-beginners] Re: how to install a .apk on my own phone...
phil wrote: okay, thx. any ideas why i can't download the file from a web server? You need the MIME type set up properly on the Web server to serve it as application/vnd.android.package-archive. Beyond that, I have no idea. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Need Android talent? Ask on HADO! http://wiki.andmob.org/hado --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Beginners group. To post to this group, send email to android-beginners@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-beginners-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-beginners] Re: how to install a .apk on my own phone...
okay, i'll look into that. so there isn't any way to just generically download a file and save it to the SD card? On Aug 13, 4:52 pm, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote: phil wrote: okay, thx. any ideas why i can't download the file from a web server? You need the MIME type set up properly on the Web server to serve it as application/vnd.android.package-archive. Beyond that, I have no idea. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://twitter.com/commonsguy Need Android talent? Ask on HADO!http://wiki.andmob.org/hado --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Beginners group. To post to this group, send email to android-beginners@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-beginners-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-beginners] Re: how to install a .apk on my own phone...
phil wrote: okay, i'll look into that. so there isn't any way to just generically download a file and save it to the SD card? Not really. Android users aren't expected to deal with files so much as applications. While a few things still show underlying file aspects of the OS, most of the built-in Android apps, and most third-party apps, allow the users to be rather oblivious to details like where things get downloaded to. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://twitter.com/commonsguy _The Busy Coder's Guide to *Advanced* Android Development_ Version 1.0 Available! --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Beginners group. To post to this group, send email to android-beginners@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-beginners-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-beginners] Re: how to install a .apk on my own phone...
It did not like httpauth, once that was disabled I could download just fine and even install... thanks for your help. On Aug 13, 6:04 pm, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote: phil wrote: okay, i'll look into that. so there isn't any way to just generically download a file and save it to the SD card? Not really. Android users aren't expected to deal with files so much as applications. While a few things still show underlying file aspects of the OS, most of the built-in Android apps, and most third-party apps, allow the users to be rather oblivious to details like where things get downloaded to. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://twitter.com/commonsguy _The Busy Coder's Guide to *Advanced* Android Development_ Version 1.0 Available! --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Beginners group. To post to this group, send email to android-beginners@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-beginners-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
