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pdfs are down loading but can't open

integralh
integralh

Hi Team I can load pdfs but it doesn't let me look at it /view it . This just started last week

Hi Team I can load pdfs but it doesn't let me look at it /view it . This just started last week

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Firefox for Android can't display PDFs. You'll need to download a PDF viewer from the Google Play Store, e.g. like Acrobat Reader.

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christ1
christ1
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Chosen Solution

Firefox for Android can't display PDFs. You'll need to download a PDF viewer from the Google Play Store, e.g. like Acrobat Reader.

integralh
integralh Question owner

Thanks heaps

Dan Pescaru
Dan Pescaru

This is your bug on opening any pdf file doesn't matter the pdf viewer, including ofc Acrobat.. Solve it. On anything else all works fine even in Samsung internet browser. Sad

OAKSFOX
OAKSFOX

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/android/addon/android-pdf-js/

i sent pm to OP as i thought this was closed when it has a chosen answer

Mr B
Mr B

The above add-on works where Acrobat doesn't.

fluffymitten
fluffymitten

christ1 said
Firefox for Android can't display PDFs. You'll need to download a PDF viewer from the Google Play Store, e.g. like Acrobat Reader.

This doesn't work. I have Acrobat on my Pixel 3a and a URL to a PDF will launch the app perfectly in Chrome but in Firefox, the URL triggers Acrobat to launch and then I get a message saying something like (paraphrasing as it flashes up for only a couple of seconds) "there is no app on this device to open the file".

I probably should open a new ticket :D