Phonegap how to download and open pdf file in android app

Question

recently i am working on a android apps build in phonegap, i am quite new with mobile development and this i smy first appsbut, and i am stuck when try to download some docu

Answer 1

Try this to open any kind of documents from URL using following steps:

• install this plugin : cordova plugin add https://github.com/ti8m/DocumentHandler

• use this code :

  handleDocumentWithURL(function() { console.log('success'); }, function(error) { console.log('failure'); if (error == 53) { console.log('No app that handles this file type.'); } }, 'http://www.example.com/path/to/document.pdf');

It works for me both on Android and IOS. I used it for open images and PDF files.

Android : It opens files using system apps if available, otherwise it give an error, which you can handle.

IOS : It opens files in popup like view with Done button and Option button.

It doesn't show your docs URL.

Source is available here : https://github.com/ti8m/DocumentHandler