title: Downloading a file to Android WebView (without the download event or HTTPClient in the code)
body: <p>This is more a question out of curiosity than a real problem that needs to be solved. I made an Android app which contains a WebView. I used the should override URL method so that any link clicked would be opened in the WebView.</p>
  
  <p>Later I decided that a file would be downloaded from the server to the user device. Unfortunately I had not seen the setDownloadListener method before. When the user clicks a link now the download is not initiated. </p>
  
  <p>As far as I can tell I need to update the app with proper code i.e the download listener or a HttpClient, which is okay. </p>
  
  <p>(At the risk of sounding like an idiot) I am wondering, is there any way through an action from the server that I can make the WebView download a file without a code change?</p>
  
  <p>I guess that functionality is not in the WebView which is probably why the WebView opens a browser to download a file. Just thinking maybe I have missed something to make it work. I am pretty new to this. </p>