Html page to download and install apk from browser

Question

I have an app that will be installed by the user from a public webserver (outside android market).

So I hosted the apk in webserver and instructed the users to type

Answer 1

If browser is written not by you, then it doesn't know what to do with downloaded apk file. Ask user to download something like EasyInstall to install side-loaded apks or place you apk on Google Play. Google Play app on the device knows how to install apk.

-- True at the time of writing: Aug. 2012