How to open a local pdf file using OpenURL in Titanium Appceleartor? - titanium

Question

In Titanium Appcelerator, i tried to open a PDF file from local directory using OpenURL() method. It's not working properly. i tried on Android device.
My Code;
var myURL = "file:///storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.test.testapp/cache/_tmp/sample.pdf";
Ti.Platform.openURL(myURL);

Answer 1

Try something like this:
try {
var f = Ti.Filesystem.getFile('your.pdf');
Ti.Android.currentActivity.startActivity(Ti.Android.createIntent({
action: Ti.Android.ACTION_VIEW,
type: 'application/pdf',
data: f.getNativePath()
}));
}
catch (err) {
var alertDialog = Titanium.UI.createAlertDialog({
title: 'No PDF Viewer',
message: 'We tried to open a PDF but failed. Do you want to search the marketplace for a PDF viewer?',
buttonNames: ['Yes','No'],
cancel: 1
});
alertDialog.show();
alertDialog.addEventListener('click', function(evt) {
if (evt.index == 0) {
Ti.Platform.openURL('http://search?q=pdf');
}
});
}

Answer 2

To open a remote PDF natively, you have to download it. Here is a solution which provides the user with options to preview or download the PDF.
var url = "http://www.polyu.edu.hk/iaee/files/pdf-sample.pdf";
var opts = {
cancel: 2,
options: ['Preview', 'Download', 'Cancel'],
selectedIndex: 2,
destructive: 0,
title: 'Open PDF'
};
var dialog = Ti.UI.createOptionDialog(opts);
dialog.addEventListener('click', function(e) {
if (e.index == 0) {
url = "https://docs.google.com/viewer?embedded=true&url=" + url;
var win = Ti.UI.createWindow();
var webView = Ti.UI.createWebView({url:url});
win.add(webView);
win.open();
} else if (e.index == 1) {
var filepath = url.split('/').pop();
var httpClient = Titanium.Network.createHTTPClient({
onload: function() {
var file = Titanium.Filesystem.getFile(Titanium.Filesystem.tempDirectory, filepath);
file.write(this.responseData);
try {
Ti.Android.currentActivity.startActivity(Ti.Android.createIntent({
action: Ti.Android.ACTION_VIEW,
type: 'application/pdf',
data: file.getNativePath()
}));
} catch (e) {
alert('No PDF reader found.');
}
}
});
httpClient.open('GET', url);
httpClient.send();
}
});
dialog.show();