Webview download hooking and loading using HttpClient

Question

I created a WebView instead of a direct link to the link because the website has complex redirect checks that prevent me from directly linking. However, to complete the download, users will have to click on the link for a long time and save it. Users are confused. They consider it broken.

I was wondering if it was possible in any way to get all the information that WebView has regarding this session and pass it to the HttpClient, and if I could then intercept and load the file. My concern is that even if I could somehow start downloading the file using HttpClient, I would have the same problem as before when I tried to manually configure the abstract headers to no avail.

Answer 1

Any chance that http://developer.android.com/reference/android/webkit/WebView.html#setDownloadListener(android.webkit.DownloadListener) can help you?

Perhaps in combination with http://developer.android.com/reference/android/webkit/CookieManager.html and / or http://developer.android.com/reference/android/webkit/CookieSyncManager.html