code to open url which ends with .pdf in browser

Question

I have written following code to open url in browser but this url ends with pdf which I want to open in browser but i'm not getting browser option in file chooser.

startActivity(Intent.createChooser(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(httpUrl),"Choose"));

@Heisen-Berg because pdf explorer is throwing "failed to download error" but on browser it is getting downloaded . — Ragini, Jan 11 '18 at 12:45
First download the pdf maybe with default `DownloadManager` then provide it to `Intent.ACTION_VIEW`. — ADM, Jan 11 '18 at 12:49
Because that's a direct link to download a pdf. You have to download it then shows it in browser or pdf viewer, — Aditya, Jan 11 '18 at 12:50
check this link may it help you https://stackoverflow.com/a/23241690/7104450 — Shashank Verma, Jan 11 '18 at 13:18

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 25 '19 at 14:15

Try the following code to open a pdf file from the site in the browser.

public void button (View view) {
        goToUrl ( "http://site address/director/test.pdf");
    }


    private void goToUrl (String url) {
        Uri uriUrl = Uri.parse(url);
        Intent launchBrowser = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uriUrl);
        startActivity(launchBrowser);
}

code to open url which ends with .pdf in browser

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