PassAndroid opens PDF from browser directly

PassAndroid 3.7.3 (but this has been an issue for a long time). When opening a pdf file from Firefox, it is directly imported and opened by PassAndroid without ever asking.
I have multiple other applications which can handle PDFs.

When saving the PDF and opening it from the file manager, I do get asked which application to use.

So I guess PassAndroid takes over the URL handler for pdf files as the sole handler? If there is anything I can do to debug things, let me know.

Thanks for PassAndroid, I am enjoying it very much!

This also happens to me, but it seems it's Firefox's fault. If I try with Chrome it asks me to choose an application. Could you try it?

Yeah, Chrome opens pdfs in a different app (it does not ask me either). That is weird, but apparently not Passandroid's fault then... Feel free to close unless someone finds a solution.

maybe open a issue in the firefox app then? Guess they are not using the intent system in this case.

In my device I notice that PassAndroid, apart from other hosts as mobile.aegeanair.com, m.aircanada.ca, etc... has also another compatible link: *. Looking at the manifest I see this:

PassAndroid/android/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml

Lines 560 to 605 in ce1c46b

    
           <!-- pdf --> 
        
           <intent-filter> 
        
               <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW"/> 
        
               <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT"/> 
        
               <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE"/> 
        
               <data 
        
                       android:host="*" 
        
                       android:pathPattern="/.*\\.pdf" 
        
                       android:scheme="http"/> 
        
           </intent-filter> 
        
           <intent-filter> 
        
               <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW"/> 
        
               <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT"/> 
        
               <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE"/> 
        
               <data 
        
                       android:host="*" 
        
                       android:pathPattern="/.*\\.pdf" 
        
                       android:scheme="https"/> 
        
           </intent-filter> 
        
           <intent-filter> 
        
               <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW"/> 
        
               <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT"/> 
        
               <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE"/> 
        
               <data 
        
                       android:host="*" 
        
                       android:pathPattern="/.*\\.pdf" 
        
                       android:scheme="file"/> 
        
           </intent-filter> 
        
           <intent-filter> 
        
               <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW"/> 
        
               <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT"/> 
        
               <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE"/> 
        
               <data 
        
                       android:host="*" 
        
                       android:pathPattern="/.*\\.pdf" 
        
                       android:scheme="content"/> 
        
           </intent-filter>

So I believe Android understands that all pdf files, no matter which host they come from, should be open automatically using PassAndroid

Someone opened a bug for Firefox: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1839794

Current Fennec opens pdfs directly within Firefox and offers a 'Download' and 'Open in App' button. Both work as expected, so the issue has been solved for me. Should I close this one?

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	<!-- pdf -->

	<intent-filter>
	<action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW"/>

	<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT"/>
	<category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE"/>

	<data
	android:host="*"
	android:pathPattern="/.*\\.pdf"
	android:scheme="http"/>
	</intent-filter>
	<intent-filter>
	<action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW"/>

	<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT"/>
	<category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE"/>

	<data
	android:host="*"
	android:pathPattern="/.*\\.pdf"
	android:scheme="https"/>
	</intent-filter>
	<intent-filter>
	<action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW"/>

	<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT"/>
	<category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE"/>

	<data
	android:host="*"
	android:pathPattern="/.*\\.pdf"
	android:scheme="file"/>
	</intent-filter>
	<intent-filter>
	<action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW"/>

	<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT"/>
	<category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE"/>

	<data
	android:host="*"
	android:pathPattern="/.*\\.pdf"
	android:scheme="content"/>
	</intent-filter>

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