Unable to open PDF files in app view in Capacitor Ionic

Question

import { Plugins } from '@capacitor/core';

const { Browser } = Plugins;

Browser.open({ url: 'http://www.africau.edu/images/default/sample.pdf', windowName:'_self' });

When the url is specified as a link to a website, it works fine but doesnt when specified a PDF. Could someone please suggest if any changes required ? Do i need to specify the rel ? If yes how ? There is no such key to be passed in open call. Response received is 'NO enabled plugin supports this MIME type'.

Answer 1

The Browser plugin from Capacitor should work fine for this. Try without specifying windowName.

// Capacitor v2
import { Plugins } from '@capacitor/core';
const { Browser } = Plugins;
Browser.open({ url: 'http://www.africau.edu/images/default/sample.pdf'});

// or for Capacitor v3
import { Browser } from '@capacitor/browser';
Browser.open({ url: 'http://www.africau.edu/images/default/sample.pdf'});