Can I use android build-in browser download manager to download files in my application?
In case of audio files, opening remote file url using Intent.ACTION_VIEW with data type "audio/*" causes browser to start playback, but I'd like to force download of specified file.
The download manager is not part of the public SDK. You are welcome to download files from URLs via HttpURLConnection or HttpClient, both part of the Android SDK.
I am wondering exactly the same. It seems like a waste of time to write a service which handles download/resume/checking connection etc, when I just want to say downloadFile(URL myURL). Is there anything that could be re-used? Android Market also has a downloader...