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March 31, 2020
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Android Files "Open with" doesn't show Adobe Reader

  • March 31, 2020
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On my Pixel 3XL, I do the following:

 

  1. Open the default "Files" app (Files by Google 1.0.297653579)
  2. Go to the downloads folder.
  3. Tap on a PDF file.
  4. "Open with" panel slides up with only two options: Drive PDF viewer and Adobe Digital Editions. 

 

I want Adobe Acrobat Reader to also show up as an option, but it does not. How do I fix this? 

 

Note: I can open the same file with Adobe Acrobat Reader if I first open the app, navigate to the file, and open it. Also, I've cleared all defaults in all three apps (Adobe Reader, Digital Editions, and Files). 

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    ls_rbls
    Community Expert
    ls_rblsCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    April 3, 2020

    Google drive doesn't let you do that. If you want this method to open your PDFs natively in the Adobe Reader mobile app they woukd have to be downloaded directly from the Document Cloud.

     

    Google have their own PDF viewer and don't support this method.

     

    As long as you continue to use Google drive cloud service you need to download and use the long method that you described.

    GraysonVT
    GraysonVT
    Participant
    December 3, 2020

    I have the same problem, and I want to clarify a couple things...  I'm not using "Google Drive", nor is the OP.  We're using Google's "Files" app.  And we're using it to access LOCAL FILES, not ones stored on the cloud.  In the "Files" app, when I click on a local PDF file (say in the "Downloads" folder), the "open with" list shows other apps that are capable of opening PDF files, but inexplicably does NOT show my Adobe Reader app.  This is infuriating, and I cannot understand any reason for it.  Anybody have any suggestions for how to fix this??

     

    S
    Adobe Employee
    Shubham5E5A
    Adobe Employee
    December 7, 2020

    Can you try to scroll up the app listing of the Google Files app? The app should then get listed.

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