pdf is not opening in android inappbrower using ionic 3. about cordova-plugin-inappbrowser

[jcesarmobile]

Android webview doesn't render PDF files.
So, yeah, use _system so it uses another app to open the PDF

[dland512]

I'm using Cordova, not ionic, but I am also seeing a similar issue with PDFs on Android. I don't get any errors, just a blank screen. If I change _blank to _system it works. Is that just how it is on Android?

window.cordova.InAppBrowser.open('https://some.url', '_blank', 'location=no');

[ansarikhurshid786]

@dland512 if your pdf on server try to use encodeduri like : encodeURI(uri), it work fine most of case.

I want to give user best experience so I am downloading and opening in available pdf reader in user's device.

[JPustkuchen]

If PDF files are linked in a page which is shown in the inAppBrowser, the inAppBrowser will simply do nothing when clicking the link (as far as I know). My solution uses "beforeload" to decide how to handle the link:
https://julian.pustkuchen.com/node/809

Perhaps this helps others who don't have the link in their application, but in inAppBrowser content, where other JS solutions fail.