Android, local PDF and the Browser Widget

[Bob Sneidar]

Is the browser capable of opening a file on Android? 

Bob S


> On Aug 7, 2018, at 13:25 , Dan Friedman via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> Can anyone tell me why this fails on Android, when it works on iOS and desktop:
> 
> put specialFolderPath("documents") & "myTemp.pdf" into fPath
> put someRandomPDFData into url ("binfile:" & fPath)
> set the url of widget "Browser1" to fPath  //I get a white screen
> 
> I have also tried:
> set the url of widget "Browser1" to ("file:/" & fPath)
> set the url of widget "Browser1" to ("file://" & fPath)
> 
> FWIW, this returns true:
> answer (there is a file fPath)
> 
> I have verified that someRandomPDFData is valid PDF data and the detailed files returns the correct file name and size
> 
> Using LC 9.0.1
> 
> -Dan
> 
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