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PDF Viewer support in mobile browser (iPhone & Android)


Does <object> tag widely supported in mobile browser?! I'm trying to embed a PDF file but it seems that it is not supported.

I'm using the following html for viewing PDF

<object data="pdf/sample.pdf#view=Fit" type="application/pdf" width="100%" height="400px"> 
    <p>It appears you don't have Adobe Reader or PDF support in this web browser. <a rel="external" href="pdf/sample.pdf">Click here to download the PDF</a></p>
</object>

and using the PDFObject but both of them are not working in mobile browsers!


Solution

  • If embedding isn't important to you you could just link to the PDF on a seperate page.

    Safari (and UIWebViews) supports the rendering of PDFs, im not a 100% sure about Android but I suspect its a similar story.

    PDF in safari