UIWebView "Unable to read document" error

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I am trying to open Word and Excel 2003 docs using loadRequest and I am getting this error (in simulator). Unable to Read Document. An error occurred while reading the document.

According to this link, http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#qa/qa2008/qa1630.html

UIWebView should display doc and xls types.

Any ideas? Are there any other recommended xls, doc viewers out there?

Thanks.

No. I get the same message in Safari. I am able to open pdf files, but not word or excel. — live-love, Nov 03 '10 at 19:02
Check the url and that the docs are not corrupt or encrypted. — , Nov 03 '10 at 19:23
Here is a [possible duplicate](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4271379/detect-and-customize-uiwebviews-unable-to-read-document-error). — Kiel Gillard, Jul 25 '11 at 08:09

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:14

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The reason i found int these case was due to password protected or encrypted file,or any file format which webview can load.

UIWebView has these EXCEPTION SFUZipEndOfCentralDirectoryError: Could not find the end of central directory record when it encounter with above reason.

You can load document like this

edited May 23 '17 at 12:14

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answered Jun 27 '13 at 10:02

Paresh Navadiya

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how to show .xls url string in webview in swift @Paresh – Dilip Tiwari Aug 03 '19 at 12:22
@DilipTiwari https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uidocumentinteractioncontroller – Paresh Navadiya Aug 05 '19 at 06:23
how can i show .xls file after saving path to webview – Dilip Tiwari Aug 05 '19 at 06:24

UIWebView "Unable to read document" error

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