[gambit-list] Gambit for Android Platform
Steve Graham
jsgrahamus at yahoo.com
Sun Jun 19 12:28:06 EDT 2011
Thanks for the help. However that option is checked.
This reminds me of trying to download pdf files before I installed a pdf reader. Same download unsuccessful message. It's like the phone does not know how to handle the file.
Steve
On Sun Jun 19th, 2011 3:15 AM EDT Keith Flower wrote:
>Ah, you may also have to indicate on your phone that you allow installation from "unknown sources". Try Menu->Settings->Applications and make sure the "Unknown sources" box is checked…."Allow installation from non-Market applications".
>
>On Jun 19, 2011, at 12:02 AM, Steve Graham wrote:
>
>> Thanks, I have 1.6
>>
>> I did as you suggested and it did try to download. The notification, however, stated that the downloaded had been unsuccessful.
>>
>> Guess the phone does not know how to handle .apk files - other than in the Market app.
>>
>> Suggestions?
>>
>> On Sun Jun 19th, 2011 2:06 AM EDT Keith Flower wrote:
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>>> Probably easiest to just use your phone's browser: browse to the link provided, and click on it. The apk should download, after which (on my phone at least) you will get a notification in the menu bar saying "Download complete". Click on that notification, and it should then ask if you want to install the app.
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>>> What version of Android do you have?
>>>
>>> Keith
>>>
>>> On Jun 18, 2011, at 10:42 PM, Steve Graham wrote:
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>>>> I tried selecting the link and it initiated a download which was unsuccessful. How does one install this apk?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks, Steve
>>>>
>>>> --- On Sun, 6/19/11, Keith Flower <keith at keithflower.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> From: Keith Flower <keith at keithflower.org>
>>>> Subject: Re: [gambit-list] Gambit for Android Platform
>>>> To: "Steve Graham" <jsgrahamus at yahoo.com>
>>>> Cc: gambit-list at iro.umontreal.ca
>>>> Date: Sunday, June 19, 2011, 1:11 AM
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Jun 18, 2011, at 8:59 PM, Steve Graham wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Can it not run on earlier versions of Android?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi Steve,
>>>>
>>>> No particular reason it shouldn't run on earlier versions…I had a device running 2.2 for which I developed, and don't have easy access to other devices for testing.
>>>>
>>>> I just created a version that may work ok for Android 1.6+. The only source change was in an XML file for layout. A download link can be found here:
>>>>
>>>> http://apps.keithflower.org/?page_id=152#comment-6
>>>>
>>>> Any feedback you have would be most welcome.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Keith
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