cordova-plugin-file-opener2's Introduction

A File Opener Plugin for Cordova

This plugin will open a file on your device file system with its default application.

Changed iOS-part:

NSURL *fileURL  = [NSURL URLWithString:path];

NSURL *fileURL  = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:path];

In Cordova 3.4.0 (and above) use entry.toNativeURL() for first parameter. Hint: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21756274/phonegap-ios-why-when-i-get-the-full-path-of-the-filesystem-in-a-device-or-s

Requirements

Android 4+ / iOS 6, 7 and 8 (new!)
Cordova 3.0 or higher (tested with 3.5)

Installation

cordova plugin add https://github.com/siegfriedbolz/cordova-plugin-file-opener2.git

PhoneGap Build

This Plugin is available at the PhoneGap Build Repository:

https://build.phonegap.com/plugins/959

Usage

Open an APK install dialog:

<script>
    cordova.plugins.fileOpener2.open(
        '/sdcard/Download/gmail.apk', 
        'application/vnd.android.package-archive'
    );
</script>

Open a PDF document with the default PDF reader and optional callback object:

<script>
    cordova.plugins.fileOpener2.open(
	    '/sdcard/Download/starwars.pdf', 
	    'application/pdf', 
	    { 
		    error : function(errorObj) { 
			    alert('Error status: ' + errorObj.status + ' - Error message: ' + errorObj.message); 
		    },
		    success : function () {
			    alert('file opened successfully'); 				
		    }
	    }
    );
</script>

Please Note that for properly opening a PDF file, you must already have a PDF reader (Acrobat Reader, Foxit Mobile PDF, etc. ) installed on your mobile device. Otherwise this will not work.

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