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Syeda Zunaira
Syeda Zunaira

Reputation: 5207

Unable to open pdf file from internal dir

I have a pdf file in location

/data/user/0/com.app.example/files/User/751f8052e.pdf

now I want to open this file on any PDF reader installed in the device.

This is what I am doing so far

Uri imageUri ;
if (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.N)
{
    imageUri = FileProvider.getUriForFile(context , context.getString(R.string.file_provider_authority), PDFFile);
}
else
{
    imageUri = Uri.fromFile(PDFFile);
}
Intent shareIntent = new Intent();
shareIntent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
shareIntent.setDataAndType(imageUri , "application/pdf");
shareIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION);
context.startActivity(shareIntent);

but it is not opening the pdf file. It gave an error toast

Can't open the file

Note: I can't copy the file to some other directory.

Thanks

Upvotes: 0

Views: 84

Answers (1)

greenapps
greenapps

Reputation: 11214

For the indicated private directory you should always use a file provider.

Upvotes: 1

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