View PDF files in Android webview

Question

How do I open a PDF file in my web view wihtout downloading and saving it to the SD card? I have done some R&D on this but until now I haven't got any appropriate answers. Can anyone tell me how to use googledoc to open the PDF file in the web view?

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 20 '12 at 06:43

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http://docs.google.com/viewer?embedded=true&url=link_to_pdf will format your PDFs for you to open within the webview, using Google Docs Viewer.

WebView mWebView = new WebView(this);
mWebview.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);  
String url = "http://docs.google.com/viewer?embedded=true&url="+"http://sitename.com/xyz.pdf";
mWebview.loadUrl(url);

answered Jul 20 '12 at 06:43

Anirudh Ramanathan

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Thank you so much! – Leenah Apr 19 '18 at 04:09

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:59

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See the answer here

mWebView.loadUrl("https://docs.google.com/gview?embedded=true&url="+ webUrl);

where webUrl is the url of the pdf you want to open.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:59

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answered Jul 20 '12 at 06:43

Mike T

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View PDF files in Android webview

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