WebView download file

[mentalmushroom]

I read about it here.

I wonder how difficult it would be to extend the WebView integration on Android.

And I, in my turn, wonder how come mobile-oriented QML doesn't provide anything for such a common task? As a desktop developer I have been a loyal Qt adherent for years, therefore it was my first bet for the Android application too. But now I have second thoughts about it as Qt's support of mobile platforms leaves much to be desired...

[mentalmushroom]

Considering the lack of download functionality in the web view I am thinking of going another way: the system browser will be used for downloading and then this file should be automatically opened with my application. May be inconvenient to switch between two apps, but I don't see a better way as yet.

I have created a separate question for that here.

[anda_skoa]

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And I, in my turn, wonder how come mobile-oriented QML doesn't provide anything for such a common task?

It is a wrapper around a native component, these vary a lot between platforms
I usually don't wonder when the wrapper API is very simple, as this is most often caused by some of the native APIs not exporting some functionality.

In some case there are platform specific extension APIs.

I am more surprised that QWebEngine is not available on Android, as that platform usually does not artifically restrict everything to use a single web browser engine.

Cheers,
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