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andria25321247oh7m
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July 20, 2022
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Opening a pdf in Adobe Reader from browser in iOS using url-scheme

  • July 20, 2022
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If I check this: [link removed] the url scheme for Adobe Reader in iPad is: com.adobe.Adobe-Reader:

So I created a link in my web-page pointing to: com.adobe.Adobe-Reader: [link removed] 

Clicking the link launches Adobe Reader but it won't download and open the pdf from the url specified. I have tried various variations of the link including:

com.adobe.Adobe-Reader: [link removed] 

com.adobe.Adobe-Reader: [link removed] 

but none of these work. Adobe Reader opens but it does not open the pdf (the link to pdf is fine, I checked by opening separately in browser).

What am I doing wrong? How can I make a app open a specific document by using its url scheme in the browser anchor link.

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S_S
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S_SCommunity Manager
Community Manager
July 29, 2022

Hi Andria,

 

I hope you are doing well. Per the description, I understand that you want to open a pdf directly from the web browser to Acrobat Reader Mobile.

 

This is designed behavior. If you have any particular pdf you want to open with Acrobat, it either will have to be downloaded on your system on be located using the application itself.

 

The UI of the mobile device also plays a part in opening PDFs directly in Acrobat Reader Mobile.

 

I hope this answers your question.

 

Thanks,

Souvik.

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RobertoSonzogni
Participating Frequently
April 11, 2024

Hi, I got same problem here.
I need to open a specific PDF file from my iOS app with iOS Adobe Reader.
I can start iOS Adobe Reader app using the custom uri "com.adobe.Adobe-Reader:", but I don't know how to tell iOS Adobe Reader what file to open.
I added file path after the uri, tried relative path and absolute path, with no success.
I tried with file in the app's documents folder, and with file in the tmp folder, no succes.
What is the correct way to tell iOS Adobe Reader app what pdf file it should open?
Thank you

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    RobertoSonzogni
    Participating Frequently
    April 11, 2024

    Forgot to tell that I need iOS Adobe Reader app because the PDF file has important annotations. No other PDF reader apps manage annotations correctly so the Adobe app is the only solution available.

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