Open online pdf file through android intent?

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Currently I have a pdf `url`, and I would like to simply using the intent to open it, however, it does not work if I put the `url` in `intent` My code is like this, it always throw `ActivityNotFoundException` error ``` Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW); intent.setDataAndType(Uri.parse(law.url), "application/pdf"); try { startActivity(intent); } catch (ActivityNotFoundException e){ Utility.showErrorDialog( ctx,ctx.getResources().getString(R.string.sys_in, ctx.getResources().getString(R.string.err_no_pdf_reader), ctx.getResources().getString(R.string.close)); } ``` Also I tried the goolge doc approach but my client reject this, so I am not using this method ``` Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW); intent.setDataAndType(Uri.parse("http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=" + publish.get(Integer.parseInt((String) view.getTag())).pdfURL), "text/html"); ctx.startActivity(intent); ``` Thanks for help Log cat error Update ``` 04-23 18:18:50.487: E/AndroidRuntime(17161): andro…

Accepted Answer

You can view or download the pdf by either of the two ways i.e by opening it in device in-built browser or in the webview by embedding it in your app.

To open the pdf in browser,

```
Intent browserIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(pdf_url));
startActivity(browserIntent);
```

Instead to open in webview,

```
 WebView webView = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webView1);
 webView.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
 webView.loadUrl(pdf_url);
```

Open online pdf file through android intent?

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