Install apk from url

aditya

Hi,

Could UrlLoader be used to download an apk from a url?

I want to use it for internal deployment purposes i.e.we have to deploy an apk to 20+ devices at a given time.

Wondering if Gideros can help me download and install the apk if it's given admin rights?

talis

You can download the file. But installation is not possible without user interraction i guess. (Silent installation can not be possible even with proper admin rights by gideros for now) Maybe some addon can be written to achieve this. I found the following talk.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15619693/silent-install-apk-programmatically-by-system-app-without-root

talis

Here is a better discussion about silent installation.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5803999/install-apps-silently-with-granted-install-packages-permission/5805299

aditya

How do I prompt user to install?

My code:

local loader = UrlLoader.new("http://xxx.xxx.x.xx/test.apk")

local textfield = TextField.new(nil, "Downloading...")
textfield:setX(10)
textfield:setY(100)
textfield:setScale(10)

stage:addChild(textfield)

local function onComplete(event)
local out = io.open("|D|test.apk", "wb")
out:write(event.data)
out:close()
end

local function onError()
print("error")
end

local function onProgress(event)
print("progress: " .. event.bytesLoaded .. " of " .. event.bytesTotal)
if event.bytesLoaded==event.bytesTotal then
textfield:setText("Download Complete");
io.read("|D|test.apk")
end
end

loader:addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onComplete)
loader:addEventListener(Event.ERROR, onError)
loader:addEventListener(Event.PROGRESS, onProgress)

aditya

Any advice @hgy29 ?

hgy29

Did you try @talis suggestion ?

application:openUrl("file://path-to-apk.apk")

Note that for this to work you can't use |D| nor |T|, since those aren't accessible to other android apps. You will need to request permission to write external storage and select a suitable folder.

aditya

application:openUrl("file://test.apk") does not seem to work.

Actually, I am unsure where the downloaded file is being saved.

[Edit]: I searched my phone but could not find the downloaded test.apk file.