Pdf preview closed immediately on android

[jordan-jarolim]

Hi, I am trying to use the library to preview a file stored locally on the device (file is saved by Capacitor.Plugins.Filesystem). Everything works just ok on iOS, file preview is displayed as expected but I have troubles on android. File preview is closed immediately. File path is 'file:///storage/emulated/0/Documents/Payslip.pdf'. I also tried different locations.

I played a bit with the Java code and ended up having a solution which is proposed here: https://inthecheesefactory.com/blog/how-to-share-access-to-file-with-fileprovider-on-android-nougat/en. This is working for me, however, this is the exact opposite from what is mentioned in the readme about file:// vs content:// uri.

Specifically, I added this part in presentFile method:

private void presentFile(Intent intent, Uri uri, String type) {
    File myFile = new File(String.valueOf(uri).replace("file://", ""));
    Uri myUri = FileProvider.getUriForFile(this.context, this.context.getApplicationContext().getPackageName() + ".provider", myFile);
    intent.setDataAndType(myUri, type);
    intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION);
    this.cordova.getActivity().startActivityForResult(intent, 1);
  }

Could you please point me to a right direction what I might be doing wrong? I am absolutely new to android programming. You can find my working solution here: https://github.com/jordan-jarolim/previewAnyFile/commit/f783da335972f655629c334c0c90d5b2151edef1

Thank you.

[jordan-jarolim]

Now I am starting to understand your tiny hack there :) https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38200282/android-os-fileuriexposedexception-file-storage-emulated-0-test-txt-exposed - would it make sense to completely migrate to content:// schema? I am happy to do a pull request in case you agree. But I am not sure about the other consequences.

Thank you

[mostafa-mansour1]

if u can fix it, please do it and I will merge your changes

[mostafa-mansour1]

I fix this with android FileProvider, kindly get the new version, and it has new features for preview the files from anywhere