Download using jsPDF on a mobile devices

Question

I have a page that includes a download button using jsPDF. On desktop machines it downloads the page as it should. However, pdf.save() does not work on my table

Answer 1

Here is the solution of download on mobile with jspdf

if (/Android|webOS|iPhone|iPad|iPod|BlackBerry|IEMobile|Opera Mini/i.test(navigator.userAgent))
{
     var blob = pdf.output();
     window.open(URL.createObjectURL(blob));
}
else
{
     pdf.save('filename.pdf');
}

Answer 2

Here is the example if you're using the Cordova platform for your development:

https://github.com/saharcasm/Cordova-jsPDF-Email

The workaround of the pdf not being downloaded in the devices is to use cordova-plugin-file.

Use the output method on the doc that will give you the raw pdf which needs to be written & saved in a file.

For example,

var doc = new JsPDF(); 
//... some work with the object
var pdfOutput = doc.output("blob"); //returns the raw object of the pdf file

The pdfOutput is then written on an actual file by using the file plugin.

Answer 3

I had similar issue.

jsPDF won't download file on phones/ tablets / ipads using "pdf.save()".

Do it through File plugin if you are using cordova/phonegap, this will save pdf file in downloads folder (Android) - for the ios you can access pdf file through a path (which is saved somewhere in temp directory) and can send or share.

Hope this helps you.