Android: downloading a lot of files and saving them on the SD Card

Question

I need to create some kind of the Download Manager to load a lot of files by the URLs and save them on the SD Card. I found in the android sdk two classes that as I think can help me in this case:

1. android.app.DownloadManager
2. android.net.Downloads

Maybe someone used them and can share his experience what is better or maybe there is a better external solution?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Answer 1

You can also use the system's DownloadManager.

 DownloadManager mgr = (DownloadManager) context.getSystemService(Context.DOWNLOAD_SERVICE);

Posting a DownloadManager.Request to this service results in the download appearing in the notification area.