How to Enable Android Download Manager

Question

I'm using Android Download Manager to download list of files. Lately I came across a crash report saying

Unknown java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unknown URL content://downloads/my_downloads

Then later, I figured it out that the reason is because user disabled Android Download Manager. I check if the Download Manager is disabled by checking it's package name with the code below.

int state = this.getPackageManager().getApplicationEnabledSetting("com.android.providers.downloads");

And now, I need to find a way to enable the Download Manager if it is disabled. I tried setting it's enable state with the permission in Manifest but I keep getting Security Exception.

this.getPackageManager().setApplicationEnabledSetting("com.android.providers.downloads", PackageManager.COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_DEFAULT, 0);

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CHANGE_COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE"/>

So I thought it might not be reachable because of it is a system app. (Google Play App does it).

Is there any way to redirect the user to the Download Manager Application Info view ? to let the user enables it ? If there is no way to enable it on run time programmatically.

Answer 1

Some folks were looking for an answer to this question and I just realized that the Answer made to this question is somehow deleted. So I want to answer my own question.

There is no way to activate/deactivate Download Manager directly, since it's system application and we don't have access to it.

Only alternative left is to redirect the User to the Info Page of Download Manager Application.

try {
     //Open the specific App Info page:
     Intent intent = new Intent(android.provider.Settings.ACTION_APPLICATION_DETAILS_SETTINGS);
     intent.setData(Uri.parse("package:" + "com.android.providers.downloads"));
     startActivity(intent);

} catch ( ActivityNotFoundException e ) {
     e.printStackTrace();

     //Open the generic Apps page:
     Intent intent = new Intent(android.provider.Settings.ACTION_MANAGE_APPLICATIONS_SETTINGS);
     startActivity(intent);
}