Android Question Share pdf or else

[yolancomonoro]

hello to all
I use this code to open or share a pdf files but it dos not work at all. Please help me!

this is my code

#Region  Project Attributes
    #ApplicationLabel: B4A Example
    #VersionCode: 1
    #VersionName:
    'SupportedOrientations possible values: unspecified, landscape or portrait.
    #SupportedOrientations: unspecified
    #CanInstallToExternalStorage: False
#End Region

#Region  Activity Attributes
    #FullScreen: False
    #IncludeTitle: True
#End Region

Sub Process_Globals
    'These global variables will be declared once when the application starts.
    'These variables can be accessed from all modules.

End Sub

Sub Globals
    'These global variables will be redeclared each time the activity is created.
    'These variables can only be accessed from this module.

End Sub

Sub Activity_Create(FirstTime As Boolean)
    'Do not forget to load the layout file created with the visual designer. For example:
    Activity.LoadLayout("MainKey")

End Sub

Sub Activity_Resume

End Sub

Sub Activity_Pause (UserClosed As Boolean)

End Sub



'713-042124-001
Sub OpenPdf_Click
    Dim i As Intent 'Requires a reference to the Phone library
    Msgbox("file:/" &  File.DirDefaultExternal & "/Hokm.pdf","")
    File.Copy(File.DirAssets,"Hokm.pdf",File.DirDefaultExternal,"Hokm.pdf")
    Msgbox(File.Exists(File.DirDefaultExternal,"Hokm.pdf"),"Hokm.pdf")
    i.Initialize(i.ACTION_VIEW, "file://" &  File.DirDefaultExternal & "/Hokm.pdf")
    i.SetType("application/pdf")
    'i.SetComponent("android/com.android.internal.app.ResolverActivity")
    i.WrapAsIntentChooser("Choose PDF Viewer")
    Try
        StartActivity(i)
    Catch
        ToastMessageShow("oh!! Nooooo",False)
    End Try
   
End Sub


and this is my manifest

[CODE=b4x]'This code will be applied to the manifest file during compilation.
'You do not need to modify it in most cases.
'See this link for for more information: https://www.b4x.com/forum/showthread.php?p=78136
AddManifestText(
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="14" android:targetSdkVersion="29"/>
<supports-screens android:largeScreens="true"
    android:normalScreens="true"
    android:smallScreens="true"
    android:anyDensity="true"/>)
SetApplicationAttribute(android:icon, "@drawable/icon")
SetApplicationAttribute(android:label, "$LABEL$")
CreateResourceFromFile(Macro, Themes.DarkTheme)

AddPermission(android.PERMISSION_WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE)
AddPermission(android.PERMISSION_READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE)


'End of default text.

thanks!!

 

[yolancomonoro]

when i add an "s" to then "file" on the line 49 code like this

i.Initialize(i.ACTION_VIEW, "files://" & File.DirDefaultExternal & "/Hokm.pdf")

the app was open the below picture but not any programm wil be showed

i have two app for opening pdf file

 

[DonManfred]

- File.DirDefaultExternal is no longer accessable.
- file:// uris are not allowed any longer.
- You need to use FileProvider

android.jar / targetSdkVersion / minSdkVersion

There are several versioned components that affect the compilation process and the runtime behavior of our apps. The purpose of this tutorial is to explain the differences between them and help you choose which version to use. Each Android version is mapped to an api level. You can see this...

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[zed]

follow this example

[class] FileProvider - share files

Edit: FileProvider is included as an internal library now. After investigating several issues with the current FileProvider code that you can find in the forum, I decided to make some improvements and implement it in a class. Starting from Android 7 (API 24) you cannot directly share file uris...

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