Browsing and opening a pdf file from sdcard?

Question

I want to browse the sdcard for pdf files and then want open it in pdfviewer. Whatever I tried open the sdcard but doesn't open it in pdfviewer.

How can i do this?

public void onClick(View v) {

    Intent intent = new Intent();
    intent.setType("application/pdf");
    intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT);
    startActivityForResult(Intent.createChooser(intent, "Select Pdf"), REQUEST_PICK_FILE );

}
    @Override
    protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent result) {
         if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) {
                switch (requestCode) {
                case REQUEST_PICK_FILE:
                {
                    Uri data = result.getData();

                    if(data.getLastPathSegment().endsWith("pdf")){
                        startActivity(new Intent(this, PDFReaderAct.class)); 
                    } else {
                        Toast.makeText(this, "Invalid file type", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();   
                    }  }             
                }
            }
    }

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Dec 24 '12 at 08:55

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Try This :

File targetFile = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(), "/Android/data/...../yourpdf.pdf");
Uri targetUri = Uri.fromFile(targetFile);
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
intent.setDataAndType(targetUri, "application/pdf");
this.startActivity(intent);

edited Dec 24 '12 at 08:55

Kartik Domadiya

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answered Dec 24 '12 at 08:37

Arash GM

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i don't want to open a specific pdf file i just want to browse from sdcard and open the selected file – madeeha ameer Dec 24 '12 at 08:42
Use this link: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9765520/read-pdf-file-from-sd-card – Ricky Khatri Dec 24 '12 at 08:44

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 24 '12 at 08:37

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Try this code:

File file = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getAbsolutePath()+"/example.pdf");
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
intent.setDataAndType(Uri.fromFile(file),”application/pdf”);
intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_HISTORY);
startActivity(intent);

answered Dec 24 '12 at 08:37

Ricky Khatri

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i don't want to open a specific pdf file i just want to browse from sdcard and open the selected file – madeeha ameer Dec 24 '12 at 08:42

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Aug 06 '15 at 14:53

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Try this code.

Intent intent = new Intent("com.sec.android.app.myfiles.PICK_DATA");
intent.putExtra("CONTENT_TYPE", "*/*");
intent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_DEFAULT);
startActivityForResult(intent,1);

edited Aug 06 '15 at 14:53

Prokash Sarkar

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answered Aug 06 '15 at 13:50

Devraj Jha

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score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Feb 14 '16 at 00:27

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This worked for me. If you need you can uncomment the below few lines.

 public void browsePdf(View v) {

    Intent intent = new Intent();
        intent.setType("application/pdf");
        intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT);
        startActivityForResult(Intent.createChooser(intent, "Select PDF"), 1);

   }

@Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent result) {
    if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) {
        switch (requestCode) {
            case 1:
            {
                Uri data = result.getData();

             //   if(data.getLastPathSegment().endsWith("pdf")){
                    Intent intent_pdf=new Intent(this, PdfViewer.class);
                    intent_pdf.setData(data);
                    startActivity(intent_pdf);

              //  } else {
                //    Toast.makeText(this, "Invalid file type", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
              //  }
              }
        }
    }
}

edited Feb 14 '16 at 00:27

halfer

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answered Jan 03 '16 at 19:09

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I don't really know if your answer works, but I think it would be better if you post less peace of code, showing only the essence of the change OP needs to make in his code. Your code doubles OP's code except for 2 rows, so it's not easy to see. Also, it's not necessary to mention upvoting in your answer, as it something obvious. Don't get me wrong, it's really great that you answered, but you can make you answer looking better, and people will upvote without reminding. – Alex Butenko Jan 03 '16 at 19:37
@AlexButenko ,Hi ,sorry new here , didn't know about that.What do you mean by 'OP'. He forgot to pass URI in the intent in his above code, Therefore ,its the same code but I am passing the URI along the intent which is used to get the path of the file . – sandesh hegde Jan 05 '16 at 11:48

Browsing and opening a pdf file from sdcard?

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