Android DownloadManager Progress

Question

i\'m developing an app where users are able to download different content packages. For the download process i am using the DownloadManager class. Thats working fine so far.

Answer 1

It turns out that the FileObserver implementation on Marshmallow has a bug. As a result, FileObserver will not report any modifications of a file downloaded by the download manager. (Older Android versions do not have this issue – it works fine on KitKat.) Source

For me, the following code (based on this answer) works well. I poll every second – I've tried halving that interval, but without any visible effect.

private static final int PROGRESS_DELAY = 1000;
Handler handler = new Handler();
private boolean isProgressCheckerRunning = false;

// when the first download starts
startProgressChecker();

// when the last download finishes or the Activity is destroyed
stopProgressChecker();

/**
 * Checks download progress.
 */
private void checkProgress() {
    DownloadManager.Query query = new DownloadManager.Query();
    query.setFilterByStatus(~(DownloadManager.STATUS_FAILED | DownloadManager.STATUS_SUCCESSFUL));
    Cursor cursor = downloadManager.query(query);
    if (!cursor.moveToFirst()) {
        cursor.close();
        return;
    }
    do {
        long reference = cursor.getLong(cursor.getColumnIndex(DownloadManager.COLUMN_ID));
        long progress = cursor.getLong(cursor.getColumnIndex(DownloadManager.COLUMN_BYTES_DOWNLOADED_SO_FAR));
        // do whatever you need with the progress
    } while (cursor.moveToNext());
    cursor.close();
}

/**
 * Starts watching download progress.
 * 
 * This method is safe to call multiple times. Starting an already running progress checker is a no-op.
 */
private void startProgressChecker() {
    if (!isProgressCheckerRunning) {
        progressChecker.run();
    isProgressCheckerRunning = true;
    }
}

/**
 * Stops watching download progress.
 */
private void stopProgressChecker() {
    handler.removeCallbacks(progressChecker);
    isProgressCheckerRunning = false;
}

/**
 * Checks download progress and updates status, then re-schedules itself.
 */
private Runnable progressChecker = new Runnable() {
    @Override
    public void run() {
        try {
            checkProgress();
            // manager reference not found. Commenting the code for compilation
            //manager.refresh();
        } finally {
            handler.postDelayed(progressChecker, PROGRESS_DELAY);
        }
    }
};