File Opener

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

https://github.com/pwlin/cordova-plugin-file-opener2

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Installation

Capacitor

$ npm install cordova-plugin-file-opener2

$ npm install @ionic-native/file-opener

$ ionic cap sync

Cordova

$ ionic cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-file-opener2

$ npm install @ionic-native/file-opener

Enterprise

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Supported Platforms

• Android
• iOS
• Windows
• Windows Phone 8

Usage

React

Learn more about using Ionic Native components in React

Angular

import { FileOpener } from '@ionic-native/file-opener/ngx';

constructor(private fileOpener: FileOpener) { }

...

this.fileOpener.open('path/to/file.pdf', 'application/pdf')

.then(() => console.log('File is opened'))

.catch(e => console.log('Error opening file', e));

this.fileOpener.showOpenWithDialog('path/to/file.pdf', 'application/pdf')

.then(() => console.log('File is opened'))

.catch(e => console.log('Error opening file', e));