A File Opener Plugin for Cordova

This plugin will open a file on your device file system with its default application.

cordova.plugins.fileOpener2.open(
    filePath,
    fileMIMEType,
    {
        error : function(){ },
        success : function(){ }
    }
);

Installation

$ cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-file-opener2

Optional variables

This plugin requires the Android support library v4. From release 2.1.0 the version of this can be set at installation. The minimum version is 24.1.0. Default value is 27.+. Check out the latest version.

$ cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-file-opener2  --variable ANDROID_SUPPORT_V4_VERSION="27.+"

If you are using the cordova-android-support-gradle-release plugin it should match the value you have set there.

Requirements

The following platforms and versions are supported by the latest release:

• Android 4.4+ / iOS 9+ / Windows / Electron
• Cordova CLI 7.0 or higher

Cordova CLI 6.0 is supported by 2.0.19, but there are a number of issues, particularly with Android builds (see 232 203 207). Using the cordova-android-support-gradle-release plugin may help.

fileOpener2.open(filePath, mimeType, options)

Opens a file

Supported Platforms

• Android 4.4+
• iOS 9+
• Windows
• Electron

Quick Examples

Open a PDF document with the default PDF reader and optional callback object:

cordova.plugins.fileOpener2.open(
    '/Download/starwars.pdf', // You can also use a Cordova-style file uri: cdvfile://localhost/persistent/Downloads/starwars.pdf
    'application/pdf',
    {
        error : function(e) {
            console.log('Error status: ' + e.status + ' - Error message: ' + e.message);
        },
        success : function () {
            console.log('file opened successfully');
        }
    }
);

Note on Electron: Do not forget to enable Node.js in your app by adding "nodeIntegration": true to platforms/electron/platform_www/cdv-electron-settings.json file, See Cordova-Electron documentation.

fileOpener2.showOpenWithDialog(filePath, mimeType, options)

Opens with system modal to open file with an already installed app.

Supported Platforms

• Android 4.4+
• iOS 9+

Quick Example

cordova.plugins.fileOpener2.showOpenWithDialog(
    '/Downloads/starwars.pdf', // You can also use a Cordova-style file uri: cdvfile://localhost/persistent/Downloads/starwars.pdf
    'application/pdf',
    {
        error : function(e) {
            console.log('Error status: ' + e.status + ' - Error message: ' + e.message);
        },
        success : function () {
            console.log('file opened successfully');
        },
        position : [0, 0]
    }
);

position array of coordinates from top-left device screen, use for iOS dialog positioning.

Notes

• For properly opening any file, you must already have a suitable reader for that particular file type installed on your device. Otherwise this will not work.

• It is reported that in iOS, you might need to remove <preference name="iosPersistentFileLocation" value="Library" /> from your config.xml

• If you are wondering what MIME-type should you pass as the second argument to open function, here is a list of all known MIME-types

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