Limitations on opening pdf file in Android

Question

I am trying to opening some pdf from my Android application. I am using an Intent for doing that:

Intent intent = new Intent();
intent.setDataAndType(Uri.parse(u         


        

Answer 1

I found a workaround to view my PDF on my Android application (but does not allow me to download it after show on the application). If I open my PDF using Google Docs I can open it with my Intent.

This is what I had to add before my url:

https://docs.google.com/gview?embedded=true&url=

so the final url will be like:

https://docs.google.com/gview?embedded=true&url=https://myUrl.pdf

Here is the whole code I am using right now:

String url= "https://docs.google.com/gview?embedded=true&url=https://url.pdf";
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(url));
startActivity(intent);

But it is still not enough, because I would like to open it without need of using a third party application. Also, opening PDF with Google Docs is slow and I have to wait too much until the PDF is finally opened.

If anyone knows how to open it with native Android please let me know.

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What happens if I do not open it with Google Docs?

With the same code, but just using my url, instead the added Google Docs url, Android let me choose between two applications: Adobe Acrobat Reader and Google Chrome.

• If I open it with Google Chrome it download the PDF but it is not opened automatically.

• If I open it with Adobe Acrobat Reader, it gives to me the following error:

  The PDF cannot be shown (it cannot be opened)