Author Topic: Remote Control app downloads as a zip file  (Read 1626 times)

tigerpie

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Remote Control app downloads as a zip file
« on: December 03, 2021, 04:29:20 AM »
Hello,
Just worked something out and thought it might be of interest, and wondering if anybody else had this issue...
my jukebox partner, got a client to download the Remote Volume Control apk from this website onto his phone (Samsung Galaxy S20).
Old mate (our client) kept downloading it, but it kept coming down as a .zip file
jukebox partner, wasnt sure what was going on and struggled to get it sorted.
So i gave old mate a call, walked him through it, same thing, i tried on my phone (Samsung Galaxy S10) and damn, same thing...
I emailed him the .apk and we got it installed.
However i was wondering why the hell the .apk file was coming down as a .zip file.
So i did a bit of googling wondering if it was a samsung thing or chrome, or whatever.
Seems as though if the browser doesnt know what a .apk file is, it looks inside it, seems the files and figures it must be a .zip file, so ads the file extension to it.
Dunno if this cause you any grief Steve and Bry, but it seems if you had this line of code to the website, then the website effectively tells the browser its an application associated file and to leave it as is.
"Make sure that you have set the http Content-Type to application/vnd.android.package-archive"

this was the link i was reading about it.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10845717/downloading-android-apk-as-zip-in-android-issue
anywho, not a big issue, but had me stumped for a bit and scratching my head.

Are there any plans to stick the remote in the google play store Steve?

Cheers guys
enjoy your weekends.