Download video file using DownloadManager in Android

Question

I am new to Android, am working on a project which downloads files from given url,it works fine for mp3 but am not able to download video files and if it is downloaded than it does not open....plz help my code is like this:

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity  {
    String myUrl = "my url";
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        DownloadManager.Request request=new 
        DownloadManager.Request(Uri.parse(myUrl));
        request.setTitle("download");
        request.setDescription("your file is downloading ...");
        request.allowScanningByMediaScanner();

  request.setNotificationVisibility(DownloadManager.Request.VISIBILITY_VISIBLE_NOTIFY_COMPLETED);

        request.setDestinationInExternalFilesDir(MainActivity.this, Environment.DIRECTORY_DOWNLOADS,"testing.mp4");

DownloadManager manager =(DownloadManager)getSystemService(Context.DOWNLOAD_SERVICE);
        manager.enqueue(request);
}

Try adding this line: `request.setAllowedNetworkTypes(DownloadManager.Request.NETWORK_WIFI | DownloadManager.Request.NETWORK_MOBILE)` — Saurabh Thorat, Aug 04 '17 at 06:01
@SaurabhThorat t thank u so much sir,it started working but I could'nt understand how it started working by adding this line?? — Shahid Ali, Aug 04 '17 at 06:16
I'll post that as an answer so it might be of help to others — Saurabh Thorat, Aug 04 '17 at 06:18

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 04 '17 at 06:18

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Add this line:

request.setAllowedNetworkTypes(DownloadManager.Request.NETWO‌RK_WIFI | DownloadManager.Request.NETWORK_MOBILE)

answered Aug 04 '17 at 06:18

Saurabh Thorat

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