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androidandroid-download-manager
Ganesh Pokale
Ganesh Pokale

Reputation: 1594

Unable to download files using Download manager into app datadir

I want do download file and store in application data directory 

    context.getPackageManager().getPackageInfo(context.getPackageName(), 0).applicationInfo.dataDir
   //  /data/data/<PackageName>/files

but after download complete this folder show empty

Download Manager call

dm = (DownloadManager) mContext.getSystemService(DOWNLOAD_SERVICE);
DownloadManager.Request request = new DownloadManager.Request ("video url");
request.setDestinationInExternalPublicDir("file path /data/data/<PackageName>/files","filename.mp4");
            enqueue = dm.enqueue(request);

Upvotes: 0

Views: 605

Answers (1)

Marcin Orlowski
Marcin Orlowski

Reputation: 75629

Download Manager is not running as part of your app - it's 3rd party application (separate process from technical viewpoint), therefore your data directory is NOT accessible to Download Manager same way as it is not accessible to any other 3rd party application. If you must download it directly there, you need to deal with downloading yourself. Alternatively you can download to location DM can write into and then move the file to your destination folder once it finished.

Upvotes: 2

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