How to download .zip files from gmail?

ycats

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I've received a couple of emails from a friend that has a .zip file attached. However, when viewing the email, the .zip file has "info" next to it......when I tap that, it says "Unfortunately, you can't save or open this type of attachment." I've have AndroZip app installed.....so what else do I need to do to be able to download this file type? Other files, such as pdf's and doc's give me the option to save, preview, view.
 

bp328i

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There are a few different apps on the market (Play Store) for doing this but I can't find one that has been updated to work with ICS.

Google really needs to build this into the Gmail.apk
 

styxx166

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I've received a couple of emails from a friend that has a .zip file attached. However, when viewing the email, the .zip file has "info" next to it......when I tap that, it says "Unfortunately, you can't save or open this type of attachment." I've have AndroZip app installed.....so what else do I need to do to be able to download this file type? Other files, such as pdf's and doc's give me the option to save, preview, view.
What I recently discovered is, that if you forward your mail with the .zip attachement to yourself, or anybody else, the download button appears ...
Really stupid way, but that could be a solution for you? :good: