How to download a file with Android IntentService

In this android programming source code example, we are going to download a file with IntentService in Android.

You can copy and adopt this source code example to your android project without reinventing the wheel.

Below is a step by step source code to download a file with IntentService in Android.

activity_main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context=".MapAndService.MapAndServiceActivity14">

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/btnIntentService"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text = "Download With intentService"
        android:background="@color/colorAccent"
        android:textColor="#ffffff"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

MainActivity.java

import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;

import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Handler;
import android.os.ResultReceiver;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.Toast;


public class MapAndServiceActivity14 extends AppCompatActivity {
    private Button btnIntentService;
    private ServiceResultReceiver serviceResultReceiver;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_map_and_service14);
        btnIntentService = (Button)findViewById(R.id.btnIntentService);

        btnIntentService.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                serviceResultReceiver = new ServiceResultReceiver(new Handler());
                String url = "https://inducesmile.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/inducesmilelog.png";
                Intent intent = new Intent(MapAndServiceActivity14.this, Service14.class);
                intent.putExtra("receiver", serviceResultReceiver);
                intent.putExtra("url", url);
                startService(intent);
            }
        });
    }

    class ServiceResultReceiver extends ResultReceiver {
        public ServiceResultReceiver(Handler handler) {
            super(handler);
        }

        @Override
        protected void onReceiveResult(int resultCode, Bundle resultData) {
            switch (resultCode){
                case Service14.DOWNLOAD_SUCCESS:
                    String file_path = resultData.getString("file_path");
                        Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "image downloaded via IntentService is successfully", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                    break;
            }
            super.onReceiveResult(resultCode, resultData);
        }
    }

}

Service14.java

import android.app.IntentService;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Environment;
import android.os.ResultReceiver;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.net.URL;
import java.net.URLConnection;

public class Service14 extends IntentService {
    public static final int DOWNLOAD_SUCCESS=11;

    public Service14(){
        super(Service14.class.getName());
    }

    @Override
    protected void onHandleIntent(Intent intent) {
        String path = intent.getStringExtra("url");
        final ResultReceiver receiver = intent.getParcelableExtra("receiver");
        Bundle bundle=new Bundle();
        try{
            File outputFile = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(), "inducesmile.png");
            URL url = new URL(path);
            URLConnection urlConnection = url.openConnection();
            urlConnection.connect();
            FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(outputFile);
            InputStream inputStream = urlConnection.getInputStream();
            byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
            int len1 = 0;
            while ((len1 = inputStream.read(buffer))>0){
                fos.write(buffer, 0, len1);
            }
            fos.close();
            inputStream.close();
            String file_path = outputFile.getPath();
            bundle.putString("file_path",file_path);
            receiver.send(DOWNLOAD_SUCCESS,bundle);
        }catch (Exception e){
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

AndroidManifest.xml

<service android:name=".MapAndService.Service14" />

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