File Download Prompt not Showing in Samsung Internet Browser App

Samsung Internet
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I just posted the following question on StackOverflow: android - File Download Prompt not Showing in Samsung Internet Browser App on a Samsung Galaxy Mobile Device - Stack Overflow

Could somebody check this and post a statement?

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Hello,

Welcome to Samsung Developers Forum.
We have forwarded the issue to the relevant team for review.

Best Regards,
Mobassir Ahsan
Samsung Developer Relations

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Hello
Samsung Internet blocks the download if the download is delayed by 5 or more seconds. So please don’t delay the download more than 5 seconds or disable the block automatic download button in the browser privacy dashboard (Privacy > Block automatic downloads).

Best Regards
Hasan

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OK, I see. Thank you for the information. Still wondering why the Samsung Internet Browser does this. I don’t know of any other browser doing this …

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Answer from “Samsung Members” (just for the records):

This is a security patch to prevent the infinite automatic downloads. Chromium automatic downloads implementation is different from ours. Chromium stores automatic download permission on url basis.In case of Samsung Internet we have a common button in Browsing privacy dashboard. When the developer delays the download by 5 or more seconds, the boolean value has_gesture is false (because function HasTransientUserActivation() reset its value after a specific timeout) hence we block the download immediately. To overcome this we request the developer to either don’t delay the downlead by 5 or more seconds or disable the block automatic download button in Browser Privacy Dashboard.

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