Can't download from browser in Android

[armyturtle]

Just sent $10 - sorry I don't have more than that right now. I've been using Calibre for about 6 months now and I'm blown away by it. You DEFINITELY deserve donations.

[itimpi]

Do you have a username/password set? If so I believe you have to remove them to get downloading to work. This is a limitation of the Android browser in that it does not support the required authentication (which I find strange since Google is an Internet focused company).

[Starson17]

Originally Posted by armyturtle

What if we don't want to open our library up to the entire public? What does this mean? We can't have Auth on our Calibre servers if we're using a Nook/Kindle/Android device?

Android can't handle digest authentication, which is what Calibre uses. It can handle the less secure basic authentication. This is Android's problem, but it causes a lot of pain for many apps. My solution is to use basic authentication with a "reverse proxy" from outside my network and run calibre open inside my network. Searching here for "reverse proxy" will provide some options on how to do this.

BTW, I have seen some workarounds available for Android apps, but they need to be implemented by whatever app you are using to access the Content Server. Here's a link:
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=9579
If anyone knows of any Android browser or app that has implemented a workaround or is successfully reaching a calibre Content Server having a password set up, I'd appreciate knowing about it. It's supposed to be fixed soon, but I've seen that since 2008