PWA open PDF file

asmat@asmat

513 Posts

Plugin Developer

#1 · October 30, 2022, 7:57 pm

How can we open the PDF file in PWA?

I tried to like this but instead of opening it, it downloads the PDF file.

BEGINJS
window.open('Cover letter.pdf', '_system');
ENDJS

luishp@luishp

3,990 Posts

VisualNEO Staff

#2 · October 31, 2022, 9:02 am

@asmat your code works for me in Chrome, Edge and FireFox (Desktop). I think you are facing the problem on Android.
Have you tried to show the PDF inside an IFrame object?
I'm not sure if it's even possible to show a PDF inside a WebView on Android...

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asmat@asmat

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Plugin Developer

#3 · November 10, 2022, 8:00 pm

Yes, the problem is only for android, I tried showing a PDF file inside Iframe but it seems impossible.

In the Cordova app, this task is very easy by using the file-opener2 plugin but in PWA, I don't know what should I do.

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luishp@luishp

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VisualNEO Staff

#4 · November 10, 2022, 8:46 pm

@asmat take a look here:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7437602/how-to-display-a-pdf-via-android-web-browser-without-downloading-first

Regards.

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