I implemented the download functionality in my android app using the download manager. The download manager dows its job well, and once download is completed, the broadcast receiver I set is called successfully.
But, I want to monitor the download progress and display it inside my app, and not rely only on the download manager's notification. So, I implemented a "ContentProvider and a ContentObserver" to query frequently the download manager for download progress. Here is my content provider:
[ContentProvider(new string[] { DownloadsContentProvider.Authority })]
public class DownloadsContentProvider : ContentProvider
{
public const string Authority = "com.myapp.Myapp.DownloadProvider";
public DownloadsContentProvider()
{
}
public static Android.Net.Uri ProviderUri(long downloadId)
{
Android.Net.Uri uri = Android.Net.Uri.Parse($"http://content//downloads/my_downloads/{downloadId}");
var builder = new Android.Net.Uri.Builder()
.Authority(Authority)
.Scheme(ContentResolver.SchemeFile)
.Path(uri.Path)
.Query(uri.Query)
.Fragment(uri.Fragment);
return builder.Build();
}
public override int Delete(Android.Net.Uri uri, string selection, string[] selectionArgs)
{
return 0;
}
public override string GetType(Android.Net.Uri uri)
{
return null;
}
public override Android.Net.Uri Insert(Android.Net.Uri uri, ContentValues values)
{
return null;
}
public override bool OnCreate()
{
return true;
}
public override ICursor Query(Android.Net.Uri uri, string[] projection, string selection, string[] selectionArgs, string sortOrder)
{
throw new NotImplementedException();
}
public override int Update(Android.Net.Uri uri, ContentValues values, string selection, string[] selectionArgs)
{
return 0;
}
}
Then, I created a content observer to observe what happens and trigger the query of downloads progress.
public DownloadProgressContentObserver(IntPtr javaReference, JniHandleOwnership transfer) : base(javaReference,
transfer)
{
}
public DownloadProgressContentObserver(Handler? handler) : base(handler)
{
}
public DownloadProgressContentObserver() : base(null)
{
}
public override void OnChange(bool selfChange, Uri? uri)
{
base.OnChange(selfChange, uri);
var downloadId = uri.ToString().Substring(uri.ToString().LastIndexOf(Path.PathSeparator) + 1);
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(downloadId))
{
ComputeDownloadStatus(Convert.ToInt64(downloadId));
//TODO: dispatch this download percentage to the whole app, and the database
}
}
public void ComputeDownloadStatus(long downloadId)
{
long downloadedBytes = 0;
long totalSize = 0;
int status = 0;
DownloadManager.Query query = new DownloadManager.Query().SetFilterById(downloadId);
var downloadManager = DownloadManager.FromContext(Android.App.Application.Context);
var cursor = downloadManager.InvokeQuery(query);
String downloadFilePath = (cursor.GetString(cursor.GetColumnIndex(DownloadManager.ColumnLocalUri))).Replace("file://", "");
try
{
if (cursor != null && cursor.MoveToFirst())
{
downloadedBytes =
cursor.GetLong(cursor.GetColumnIndexOrThrow(DownloadManager.ColumnBytesDownloadedSoFar));
totalSize =
cursor.GetInt(cursor.GetColumnIndexOrThrow(DownloadManager.ColumnTotalSizeBytes));
}
}
finally
{
if (cursor != null)
{
cursor.Close();
}
}
var percentage = (downloadedBytes / totalSize) * 100;
}
}
This is how I use both, and register them in the download manager to monitor the download progress.
var manager = DownloadManager.FromContext(Android.App.Application.Context);
var request = new DownloadManager.Request(Android.Net.Uri.Parse(downloadUrl));
request.SetNotificationVisibility(DownloadVisibility.VisibleNotifyCompleted);
request.SetDestinationInExternalPublicDir(downloadsPath, fileName);
request.SetTitle(productTitle);
request.SetDescription(downloadDescription);
long downloadId = manager.Enqueue(request);
//I provide a valid URI with my content provicer
var uri = DownloadsContentProvider.ProviderUri(downloadId);
var contentResolver = Android.App.Application.Context.ContentResolver;
var observer = new DownloadProgressContentObserver();
contentResolver.RegisterContentObserver(uri, true, observer);
ProductContentObservers.Add(downloadId, observer);
I have read a lot of doc, and my implementation seems to be ok. But the content observer's "OnCHange" method is never called. Can someone please point out what I might be doing wrong ?