Install apk from url

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• talis Guru

  February 2019

  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

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• talis Guru

  February 2019

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

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• aditya Member

  February 2019 edited February 2019

  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)

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• aditya Member

  February 2019

  Any advice @hgy29 ?

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• hgy29 Maintainer

  February 2019

  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.

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• aditya Member

  February 2019 edited February 2019

  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.
  

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