apk installation from web page

Question

I'm looking for a sample web page (html code) with a link that will install an apk file directly on my phone by clicking on the link.

Answer 1

Just link to the apk file in the HTML. It couldn't be any simpler.

<a href="path to my .apk file">link</a>

You will have to have "install apps from unknown sources" enabled on your phone.

Answer 2

If you're using ASP.NET, then you'll need to insert the following in your web.config file:

<configuration>
  ...

   <system.webServer>
      <staticContent>
         <mimeMap fileExtension=".apk"
                  mimeType="application/vnd.android.package-archive" />
      </staticContent>
   </system.webServer>

  ...
</configuration>

Apart from that (as others have said), you just need a normal link:

<a href="myAndroidApp.apk">Click here</a>

and tell your users to enable the Security -> Unknown sources option in Settings.

Answer 3

Extra help for IIS webservers: mbaird's example worked great for me after I added the apk mime type to my IIS webserver. I just put an html file up with that link, but got a 404 error when trying to pull up my test.apk file without the .apk mime entry. As Commonsware said, make sure to allow .apk files in the mime types - this is for sure still necessary on an IIS webserver. You can do this from IIS Manager, select the server, and find "Mime Types", then add an entry.

Answer 4

In .Net this is what I did, I created an .asmx page then a QR code that pointed to it other wise I kept getting a 404, then this on page load.

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e){
    ViewState["PreviousPage"] = Request.UrlReferrer;
    string filepath = Server.MapPath("AcsMainMenu.apk");
    FileInfo droidfile = new FileInfo(filepath);

    if (droidfile.Exists)
    {
        Response.ClearContent();
        Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=" + droidfile.Name);
        Response.AddHeader("Content-Length", droidfile.Length.ToString());
        Response.ContentType = "application/vnd.android.package-archive";
        Response.TransmitFile(droidfile.FullName);
        Response.Flush();
        Response.End();
        Response.Redirect(ViewState["PreviousPage"].ToString());
    }
}