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| From | "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.mobile.android |
| Subject | Re: What do you prefer for reading & saving PDFs on Android? |
| Date | 2026-10-31 19:43 +0100 |
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On 2026-10-31 16:52, Maria Sophia wrote:
> Carlos E. R. wrote:
>>> Do you see any web browsers in that Android WhatsApp PDF OpenWith menu?
>>> I don't.
>>
>> I do. I said, days ago, that I used FFx to read a PDF directly from
>> wasap, in Android. And FFx allows to download or share the file, and the
>> later allows to save via file browsers like Cx.
>
> Hi Carlos,
>
> Hmmmmm.....
>
> Thanks for checking that out for the team as that's not what I see when I
> long press on a PDF attachment and then look at the Android OpenWith sheet.
>
> Clearly I have Firefox & just as clearly it doesn't show and neither do
> any of the other web browsers (on my Samsung A32-5G on Android 13 anyway).
> <https://i.postimg.cc/59qhZRmR/openwithpdf.jpg>
>
> The first question to affirm is whether you used "ShareTo" or "OpenWith"
> (although browsers don't show up in my ShareTo either).
FFx has a quick button to "download". In my case it saves the file
without asking where. I have not investigated.
And it can also share, from the three vertical dot menu.
Looking for something else, under "more" I also saw "save as PDF".
Probably refers to web pages.
>
> And of course a direct file:// open from internal storage should work:
> Android > media > com.whatsapp > WhatsApp > Media > WhatsApp Documents
>
> When WhatsApp generates an "Open With" sheet for a file ending in .pdf,
> Android queries the system for apps that have explicitly registered
> themselves to handle the application/pdf MIME type and support viewing
> local file URIs/content URIs from external apps.
>
> To see what app handles local PDF views I ran
> c:\> adb shell cmd package resolve-activity --brief -t application/pdf -d content://com.whatsapp.provider.media/item/123
> priority=100 preferredOrder=0 match=0x608000 specificIndex=-1
> isDefault=true com.google.android.documentsui/
> com.android.documentsui.picker.PickActivity
>
> This told me Android's package manager checked the system resolution
> table and found DocumentsUI (PickActivity) as the only registered
> handler for local content URIs with an application/pdf MIME type.
>
> My web browsers, including Firefox, omit local PDF intent filters
> from their manifests, so they do not appear in this resolution
> table.
Maybe you are using an old version? I am on 159.0
>
> That explains why Android strips them from WA's "Open With" menu.
>
> To further see only the package names of apps registered for local
> PDF viewing I used adb to reveal my Firefox does not register any
> intent filter for application/pdf under ACTION_VIEW.
>
> c:\> adb shell dumpsys package org.mozilla.firefox | grep -i -E "pdf|mime|intent" -C 2
>
> My Firefox only registers handlers for web schemes (http/https) and
> specific text types (text/plain, application/xhtml+xml), alongside a
> generic share receiver (ACTION_SEND).
>
> adb shell dumpsys package org.mozilla.firefox | grep -A 15 "MIME Typed Actions:"
> MIME Typed Actions:
> android.intent.action.SEND:
> 2900abb org.mozilla.firefox/org.mozilla.fenix.IntentReceiverActivity filter 59cbd84
> Action: "android.intent.action.SEND"
> Category: "android.intent.category.DEFAULT"
> StaticType: "text/plain"
> android.intent.action.VIEW:
> 2900abb org.mozilla.firefox/org.mozilla.fenix.IntentReceiverActivity filter 1aa9797
> Action: "android.intent.action.VIEW"
> Category: "android.intent.category.BROWSABLE"
> Category: "android.intent.category.DEFAULT"
> Scheme: "http"
> Scheme: "https"
> StaticType: "text/html"
> StaticType: "text/plain"
> StaticType: "application/xhtml+xml"
>
> Notice that ACTION_VIEW is strictly limited to web schemes (http/https)
> and specific web mime types (text/html, text/plain, application/xhtml+xml).
>
> Notice the absence of any local document types like application/pdf
> or local file schemes under ACTION_VIEW.
>
> This confirms why my Android system resolver omits Firefox from
> WhatsApp's direct document "Open With" menu.
>
> So I'm confused why/how Firefox shows up for you, but it's
> impossible for it to show up for me given that data above.
>
Check the version.
Notice that FFx is displaying some sort of URL that I hand copy:
content://com.whatsapp.provider/media/item/longrandomlookingstring
> But maybe it's due to a difference in systems and versions?
> C:\> adb shell getprop ro.build.version.release
> C:\> adb shell cat /system/build.prop | grep -E "ro.build.version.release|ro.build.version.sdk|ro.product.model"
> C:\> adb shell dumpsys package org.mozilla.firefox | grep -E "versionName|versionCode"
>
> Here is an all-in-one echo code to get both at once:
> C:\> echo "=== SYSTEM INFO ===" && adb shell getprop ro.product.model && adb shell getprop ro.build.version.release && echo "=== FIREFOX VERSION ===" && adb shell dumpsys package org.mozilla.firefox | grep versionName
> "=== SYSTEM INFO ==="
> SM-A326U
> 13
> "=== FIREFOX VERSION ==="
> versionName=117.1.0
There you have. You are using an ancient version of FFx.
--
Cheers,
Carlos E.R.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺.
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Re: What do you prefer for reading & saving PDFs on Android? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-10-28 17:13 +0000
Re: What do you prefer for reading & saving PDFs on Android? Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-10-29 21:40 -0400
Re: What do you prefer for reading & saving PDFs on Android? Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-10-30 00:07 -0400
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Re: What do you prefer for reading & saving PDFs on Android? Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-10-30 14:58 -0400
Re: What do you prefer for reading & saving PDFs on Android? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-10-31 19:12 +0100
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