How to display a PDF via Android web browser without downloading first

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Is there a way to get the stock Android browser to auto-open a PDF  Word or other typical file without having to go through the process of downloading the file and then getting the user to open the file from the Downloads app or the Notification bar   We have a web application that has a lot of documents that we d like to include and not have to convert to HTML  but making the user download the file and manually open it is not easy to train users on   On iOS  these files all display inline in the browser   I d like a way to get the browser to auto-launch the files into Acrobat Reader or QuickOffice or whatever program the user has to display them   Does anyone know a way to do that   I know that Google Docs has some PDF viewing support  but people using our web app may not have public Internet access in all cases  and may be hitting on a local web server

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Try this  worked for me       WebView view    WebView  findViewById R id yourWebView        view getSettings   setJavaScriptEnabled true       view getSettings   setPluginState WebSettings PluginState ON       view loadUrl  http   docs google com gview embedded true amp url                       your document link pdf doc docx   etc

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Unfortunately the native browser present on Android devices not support this type of file  Let s see if in the 4 0 we will be able to do that

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public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity        Button button        Override     protected void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState            super onCreate savedInstanceState           setContentView R layout activity main            button   findViewById R id button           button setOnClickListener new View OnClickListener                  Override             public void onClick View v                    openURL  http   docs google com viewer url       your pdf link                                          private void openURL String s            Uri uri   Uri parse s           Intent intent   new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW           intent setDataAndType uri  text html            startActivity intent

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You can use this  webView loadUrl  https   docs google com viewer url      url of pdf file

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String format    https   drive google com viewerng viewer embedded true amp url  s   String fullPath   String format Locale ENGLISH  format   PDF URL HERE    Intent browserIntent   new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  Uri parse fullPath    startActivity browserIntent

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You can open PDF in Google Docs Viewer by appending URL to   http   docs google com gview embedded true amp url  lt url of a supported doc gt    This would open PDF in default browser or a WebView   A list of supported formats is given here

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You can use this format as of 4 6 2017   https   docs google com viewerng viewer url http   yourfile pdf  Just replace http   yourfile pdf with the link you use

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Specifically  to install the pdf js plugin for firefox  you do not use the app store  Instead  go to addons mozilla org from inside mozilla and install it from there  Also  to see if it s installed properly  go to the menu Tools Add-ons  not the  about plugins  url as you might think from the desktop version     New account  otherwise I d put this as a comment on the answer above

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I needed this too  and the links above stopped working so this is what I found to work with the New Google Drive   Google has a service that creates the link for PDF s Not in GDrive  https   docs google com viewer Just add your URL and it creates a link  and IFrame code  Look closely and you will see the pattern and create links without this web service   Also  there is a way to do it for PDF s stored in Google Drive  https   docs google com viewer srcid YOUR GDRIVE PDF DOC ID HERE amp pid explorer amp efh false amp a v amp chrome false amp embedded true   this can be a link or the src URL of an iframe   I ve tested on Android and it brings up the PDF viewer nicely

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Download the acrobat reader  apk file for android to display pdf file  Put your pdf files on an sd card  Use the snippet of code below  File file  new File   sdcard test pdf    Uri path Uri fromFile file   Intent i  new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW   i setDataAndType path  application pdf    i setFlags Intent FLAG ACTIVITY CLEAR TOP   startActivity i

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