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Tim @ Hawken School I hate code! Posts: 10 Reg: Aug 29, 2011 Gates Mills, OH 100	confirm \| cancel 09/03/11 11:38 AM (14 years ago) APK File Opens as a page of jumbled characters. Friends, Hoping someone with an Android wouldn't mind hitting this apk file and letting me know where I might be going wrong. First app, so be gentle ;) http://www.timothyjdesmond.com/html_files/install.htm I exported as signed application package from Eclipse without any problems/errors and then uploaded the apk file to my server. Many thanks. Title Comments Friends, Hoping someone with an Android wouldn't mind hitting this apk file and letting me know where I might be going wrong. First app, so be gentle ;) http://www.timothyjdesmond.com/html_files/install.htm I exported as signed application package from Eclipse without any problems/errors and then uploaded the apk file to my server. Many thanks.

Paul Rogers Android Fan Posts: 2524 Reg: May 30, 2011 UK 35,740	09/03/11 12:56 PM (14 years ago) That's weird... Could it be some sort of restriction on your hosting? If you used ftp what mode are you using? Try binary mode. Have you tried uploading it elsewhere, like novamov.com for example, and seeing if it downloads/installs ok from there? Comments That's weird... Could it be some sort of restriction on your hosting? If you used ftp what mode are you using? Try binary mode. Have you tried uploading it elsewhere, like novamov.com for example, and seeing if it downloads/installs ok from there?

Tim @ Hawken Schoo... I hate code! Posts: 10 Reg: Aug 29, 2011 Gates Mills, OH 100	09/03/11 01:42 PM (14 years ago) You may be right. I uploaded in binary but when I tried a different hosting account it worked. Thanks for the tip! Comments You may be right. I uploaded in binary but when I tried a different hosting account it worked. Thanks for the tip!

Paul Rogers Android Fan Posts: 2524 Reg: May 30, 2011 UK 35,740	09/04/11 04:14 AM (14 years ago) No problem, glad it's working! Comments No problem, glad it's working!

David @ buzztouch buzztouch Evangelist Posts: 6866 Reg: Jan 01, 2010 Monterey, CA 78,840	09/05/11 09:40 PM (14 years ago) If it's an Apache web-server it probably does not know the mime-type of the .APK file without a tweak. See this (scroll down to Apache part). Happens all the time ;-) http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3569313/cant-install-apk-hosted-my-own-apache-server Comments If it's an Apache web-server it probably does not know the mime-type of the .APK file without a tweak. See this (scroll down to Apache part). Happens all the time ;-) http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3569313/cant-install-apk-hosted-my-own-apache-server

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