Reading a pdf file placed in assets folder in android

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I have a pdf file placed in my assets folder and I am firing an intent to read it. Here is my code :

 Uri path = Uri.parse("file:///android:asset/about.pdf");
   Intent intent  = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
   intent.setDataAndType(path, "application/pdf");
   intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP);
   startActivity(intent);

When I do this, apop up appears with list of applications including adobe reader but when I click on it, a dialog appears saying :"Error", the file path is not valid

Please tell me how to fix this

duplicate...http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3831019/how-to-read-a-pdf-in-android — himanshu, Feb 09 '12 at 08:06
I tried this - File file = new File("file:///android:asset/about.pdf"); — Ankit, Feb 09 '12 at 08:07
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6491210/how-to-open-a-pdf-stored-either-in-res-raw-or-assets-folder — Padma Kumar, Feb 09 '12 at 08:09

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:31

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Is this file in your app's assets folder? If it is, then your URI is wrong, check out this question:

How to open a pdf stored either in res/raw or assets folder?

there's an answer describing how to construct a proper URIs for your assets.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:31

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