When user clicks on a button i want to open the pdf file stored inside our application(ie which is inside Assets folder of our app). Open means , to view the pdf file using Intent. I don't have any problem in using third party applications to view pdf file.In the intent i sepcify mimetype , so it will list all the pdf viewer installed in his phone. So user can select his favorite pdf viewer to view the pdf file which is stored in our application
<some-context-instance>.getAssets().open(assetName) will return inputstream. That is not wht we need. Thanks for this suggestion I guess now everything is clear. sorry for my bad English. Regards, Jovish Regards, Jovish On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 6:51 AM, TreKing <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > -- 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
