How to open pdf from server from Android app in Adobe Reader

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I'm trying to open a pdf file from a server in adobe reader. These are valid pdfs that I can view in other apps. The following code gives me a message saying "The document could not be opened" Any ideas why?

    PackageManager pm = getPackageManager();
    Intent intent = pm.getLaunchIntentForPackage("com.adobe.reader");
    intent.setDataAndType(Uri.parse(documents.get(position).getPdf_url()), "application/pdf");
    startActivity(intent);
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Can the Adobe Reader app display documents from URL's without downloading them first? – Lukas Knuth
Agreed, usually PDF viewers are working with local files. Also, please allow the user to choose their PDF viewer. – CommonsWare
can you refer me to an explanation of how to download the pdf to local storage? – androiddev19
You can use the DownloadManager – Lukas Knuth

2 Answers

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            Intent intent = new Intent();
            intent.setPackage("com.adobe.reader");
            intent.setDataAndType(Uri.parse(doc), "application/pdf");
            startActivity(intent);

Above code is working for me, There are two possibilities, may be you need to set package with intent only or you are doing something wrong with doc URI.

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The solution was to download the pdf files to local memory before opening in an external app.