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In this post we will cover following subjects:

1. Download Image and Music at the same time using Android Download Manager.
2. Display Status of all downloads at any time using a switch.
3. Save them to a particular location in external drive.
4. Sending notification when download completes.
5. Ability to Cancel all downloads.

We will Download Image and Music from following URL:

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Pre-requisites:

1) Android Studio installed on your PC (Unix or Windows). You can learn how to install it here .
2) A real time android device (Smartphone or Tablet) configured with Android Studio. .
3) A basic knowledge of Android lifecycle and different classes & functions used in Android Studio.

Creating a New Project

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1. Go to File → New → New Project and enter your Application Name.
2. Enter Company Domain, this is used to uniquely identify your App’s package worldwide.
3. Choose project location and minimum SDK and on the next screen choose Empty Activity, since we would be adding most of the code Ourselves. Then Click on Next.
4. Choose an Activity Name. Make sure Generate Layout File check box is selected, Otherwise we have to generate it ourselves.Then click on Finish. We have left Activity Name as MainActivity.
5. Gradle will configure your project and resolve the dependencies, Once it is complete proceed for next steps.

Add Permissions

Add the following permission to your AndroidManifest.xml file:

AndroidManifest.xml

Now we will describe each topic in detail through each function which can be implemented through Android Download Manager. We have made separate functions for download data, show status, complete download notification and cancel downloads.

Generate URI

First we will have to generate URI from URL. So here we will generate two URI each for Image and Music URL.

Download Data from URL using Android Download Manager

DownloadData() function will be used to download data from internet.

DownloadData

Description of above code:

1) downloadReference : It is a unique id that we will refer for specific download request.
2) request : Instance of DownloadManager will be created through getSystemService by passing DOWNLOAD_SERVICE. A new request is generated in the next statement using DownloadManager.Request(uri).
3) setDestinationInExternalFilesDir : This will be used to save file in external downloads folder.
4) downloadManager.enqueue(request) : Enqueue a new download corresponding to request. The download will start automatically once the download manager is ready to execute it and connectivity is available.

Check Download Status

Check_Image_Status() function will be used to get the status of the Image Download. Refer following code:

Check_Image_Status

Description of above code:

1) DownloadManager.Query() : This is used to filter android download manager queries. Here we are providing Image_DownloadId in setFilterById() to include only downloads with given Id.

2) downloadManager.query(ImageDownloadQuery): This is used to Query the android download manager about downloads that have been requested.

3) Cursor: A Cursor over the result set of downloads, with columns consisting of all the COLUMN_* constants. Now this cursor will be used to get the status of download in DownloadStatus() function.

DownloadStatus

Above code is pretty much self explanatory. We are simply printing status according to value of COLUMN_REASON returned by Android Download Manager.

Similarly we have made function for checking status of Music file i.e. Check_Music_Status().

Cancel all Downloads

To cancel a download we will simply use:

downloadManager.remove(Image_DownloadId);
downloadManager.remove(Music_DownloadId);

The Broadcast Receivers

The last part of our tutorial is broadcast receiver. Android DownloadManager send ACTION_DOWNLOAD_COMPLETE broadcast intent when a download completes. So we will set filter when download completes and register receiver:

So in the above code broadcast Intent is received, its referenceId is compared and accordingly Toast message is displayed.

So finally we have covered all aspects of Android Download Manager. Still if you have any doubts or suggestions please comment or mail us. You can download full code here:




What’s Next?

Now since you have made a good Android DownloadManager App its time to learn other methods of download like Retrofit and Volley . I hope you will enjoy it. Mail us if you like to include any tutorial on our blog.

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