How can I create an Image Download Link in HTML for a Mobile Page?
Somebody seems to have answered this already,
<a href="/path/to/image" download="ImageName" title="ImageName"> <img src="/path/to/image" alt="ImageName"></a> It's not yet fully supported http://caniuse.com/#feat=download, but you can use with modernizr
http://modernizr.com/download/#-a_download (under Non-core detects) to support all browsers.
Have not tested, but should work in mobiles as well.
I would add that, as a server side solution, you could also add Response Headers to your download endpoint by
- Setting it up in apache (.htaccess) / nginx configuration
- Right from the code
Use html5 download attribute as solution above by @theunexpected1. For browsers that don't support it, remove A tag to force user to right click or long touch to download
<script>var downloadAttrSupported = ("download" in document.createElement("a"))if (!downloadAttrSupported){ $('img.media').unwrap();}</script>
Support for download attribute: http://caniuse.com/download
You can set headers on the server, if that's an option for you. The HTTP header you want to send is Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="imagename.jpg".
Differs depending on your server..
In Node/Express:
// only on imgsfunction(req, res){ res.setHeader('Content-disposition', 'attachment; filename=imagename.jpg');}
In the HTML:
<a href="imagename.jpg">Download link</a>
Server will send Content-Disposition header when it gets the request for the file and force browsers to download.