This is some working code I have for downloading a given URL to a given File object. The File object (outputFile) has just been created using new File(path), I haven't called createNewFile or anything.

private static void downloadFile(String url, File outputFile) {
  try {
      URL u = new URL(url);
      URLConnection conn = u.openConnection();
      int contentLength = conn.getContentLength();

      DataInputStream stream = new DataInputStream(u.openStream());

        byte[] buffer = new byte[contentLength];
        stream.readFully(buffer);
        stream.close();

        DataOutputStream fos = new DataOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(outputFile));
        fos.write(buffer);
        fos.flush();
        fos.close();
  } catch(FileNotFoundException e) {
      return; // swallow a 404
  } catch (IOException e) {
      return; // swallow a 404
  }
}

Here's some code that I recently wrote just for that:

    try {
      URL u = new URL("http://your.url/file.zip");
      InputStream is = u.openStream();

      DataInputStream dis = new DataInputStream(is);

      byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
      int length;

      FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() + "/" + "file.zip"));
      while ((length = dis.read(buffer))>0) {
        fos.write(buffer, 0, length);
      }

    } catch (MalformedURLException mue) {
      Log.e("SYNC getUpdate", "malformed url error", mue);
    } catch (IOException ioe) {
      Log.e("SYNC getUpdate", "io error", ioe);
    } catch (SecurityException se) {
      Log.e("SYNC getUpdate", "security error", se);
    }

This downloads the file and puts it on your sdcard.

You could probably modify this to suit your needs. :)

How to download file from Url

fun downloadPdf(baseActivity:Context,url: String?,title: String?): Long {
        val direct = File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().toString() + "/your_folder")

        if (!direct.exists()) {
            direct.mkdirs()
        }
        val extension = url?.substring(url.lastIndexOf("."))
        val downloadReference: Long
         var  dm: DownloadManager
         dm= baseActivity.getSystemService(Context.DOWNLOAD_SERVICE) as DownloadManager
        val uri = Uri.parse(url)
        val request = DownloadManager.Request(uri)
        request.setDestinationInExternalPublicDir(
                "/your_folder",
                "pdf" + System.currentTimeMillis() + extension
        )
        request.setNotificationVisibility(DownloadManager.Request.VISIBILITY_VISIBLE_NOTIFY_COMPLETED)
        request.setTitle(title)
        Toast.makeText(baseActivity, "start Downloading..", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show()

        downloadReference = dm?.enqueue(request) ?: 0

        return downloadReference

    }

Bofore calling this method do check for Runtime permission:

Manifest.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

Using Async task

call when you want to download file : new DownloadFileFromURL().execute(file_url);

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

    // Progress Dialog
    private ProgressDialog pDialog;
    public static final int progress_bar_type = 0;

    // File url to download
    private static String file_url = "http://www.qwikisoft.com/demo/ashade/20001.kml";

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        new DownloadFileFromURL().execute(file_url);

    }

    /**
     * Showing Dialog
     * */

    @Override
    protected Dialog onCreateDialog(int id) {
        switch (id) {
        case progress_bar_type: // we set this to 0
            pDialog = new ProgressDialog(this);
            pDialog.setMessage("Downloading file. Please wait...");
            pDialog.setIndeterminate(false);
            pDialog.setMax(100);
            pDialog.setProgressStyle(ProgressDialog.STYLE_HORIZONTAL);
            pDialog.setCancelable(true);
            pDialog.show();
            return pDialog;
        default:
            return null;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Background Async Task to download file
     * */
    class DownloadFileFromURL extends AsyncTask<String, String, String> {

        /**
         * Before starting background thread Show Progress Bar Dialog
         * */
        @Override
        protected void onPreExecute() {
            super.onPreExecute();
            showDialog(progress_bar_type);
        }

        /**
         * Downloading file in background thread
         * */
        @Override
        protected String doInBackground(String... f_url) {
            int count;
            try {
                URL url = new URL(f_url[0]);
                URLConnection connection = url.openConnection();
                connection.connect();

                // this will be useful so that you can show a tipical 0-100%
                // progress bar
                int lenghtOfFile = connection.getContentLength();

                // download the file
                InputStream input = new BufferedInputStream(url.openStream(),
                        8192);

                // Output stream
                OutputStream output = new FileOutputStream(Environment
                        .getExternalStorageDirectory().toString()
                        + "/2011.kml");

                byte data[] = new byte[1024];

                long total = 0;

                while ((count = input.read(data)) != -1) {
                    total += count;
                    // publishing the progress....
                    // After this onProgressUpdate will be called
                    publishProgress("" + (int) ((total * 100) / lenghtOfFile));

                    // writing data to file
                    output.write(data, 0, count);
                }

                // flushing output
                output.flush();

                // closing streams
                output.close();
                input.close();

            } catch (Exception e) {
                Log.e("Error: ", e.getMessage());
            }

            return null;
        }

        /**
         * Updating progress bar
         * */
        protected void onProgressUpdate(String... progress) {
            // setting progress percentage
            pDialog.setProgress(Integer.parseInt(progress[0]));
        }

        /**
         * After completing background task Dismiss the progress dialog
         * **/
        @Override
        protected void onPostExecute(String file_url) {
            // dismiss the dialog after the file was downloaded
            dismissDialog(progress_bar_type);

        }

    }
}

if not working in 4.0 then add:

StrictMode.ThreadPolicy policy = new StrictMode.ThreadPolicy.Builder().permitAll().build();
StrictMode.setThreadPolicy(policy); 

You can download it with your own code, and place it in the \Download folder on the SD card. Alternatively, you could use the DownloadManager available on API 9 and above.

try this

public class MyAsnyc extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, Void> {
    public static File file;
    InputStream is;

    protected void doInBackground() throws IOException {

        File path = Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_PICTURES);
        file = new File(path, "DemoPicture.jpg");
        try {    
            // Make sure the Pictures directory exists.
            path.mkdirs();

            URL url = new URL("http://androidsaveitem.appspot.com/downloadjpg");
            /* Open a connection to that URL. */
            URLConnection ucon = url.openConnection();

            /*
             * Define InputStreams to read from the URLConnection.
             */
            is = ucon.getInputStream();

            OutputStream os = new FileOutputStream(file);
            byte[] data = new byte[is.available()];
            is.read(data);
            os.write(data);
            is.close();
            os.close();

        } catch (IOException e) {
            Log.d("ImageManager", "Error: " + e);
        }
    }

    @Override
    protected Void doInBackground(Void... params) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        try {
            doInBackground();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

        return null;
    }

    protected void onPostExecute() {
        try {
            // Tell the media scanner about the new file so that it is
            // immediately available to the user.
            MediaScannerConnection.scanFile(null,
                    new String[]{file.toString()}, null,
                    new MediaScannerConnection.OnScanCompletedListener() {
                        public void onScanCompleted(String path, Uri uri) {
                            Log.i("ExternalStorage", "Scanned " + path + ":");
                            Log.i("ExternalStorage", "-> uri=" + uri);
                        }
                    });
        } catch (IOException e) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

    }
}