On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 6:47 PM, Carlos A. M. dos Santos < [email protected]> wrote:
> > What we tried : > > > > If we copy file from assets to sd card and then try to open using intent > it > > is working. > > What are you using to "open" the PDF files? Do you mean "view/display" > or "read the file". Android does not support PDF natively so I suppose > that you use either an external application or a PDF rendering > library. > > > But we directly want to open it from assets folder. > > Doesn't <some-context-instance>.getAssets().open(assetName) work for you? As you said, reading PDFs is not a native feature and requires an external app, which would not have permission to read the PDF from another app's Assets folder. I believe the OP would have to write his own PDF viewer imbedded in his app, or stick with the "copy to SDcard then open" strategy. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TreKing <http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking> - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered devices -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
