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Displaying a PDF within the Webview
See original GitHub issueBug description:
I have a WebView Container for my Webpage. Within my webpage, I link specific PDFs, just as a direct link via <a href="...pdf">My Link</a>
How can I force the WebView to display the PDF upon clicking it? Right now, the link is opened in my default browser and from there being downloaded as file. As the Webview is, e.g. on Android, based on Chromium, I’d expect Chromium just to show the PDF within the Webview / APP natively.
To Reproduce: Nothing special required, just a pure Webview and a HTML Page with a linked PDF.
Expected behavior: As the Webview is, e.g. on Android, based on Chromium, I’d expect Chromium just to show the PDF within the Webview / APP natively.
Environment:
- OS: Android 11 “react”: “17.0.1”, “react-native”: “0.64.3”, “react-native-safe-area-context”: “3.3.2”, “react-native-web”: “0.17.1”, “react-native-webview”: “11.15.0”
Thank you so much!
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@bjspi I’m not personally aware of any such library (that doesn’t mean none exist though, just that I can’t help you), we just let third-party apps handle it for us, as there are many of those (when I try to open a PDF on my personal phone I get a list of ~8 different apps to choose from!)
@bjspi PDF viewing is not a feature of the Android Webview or even of the Chrome browser on Android.