PassAndroid opens PDF from browser directly

[spaetz]

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!

[rivaldi8]

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?

[spaetz]

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.

[ligi]

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

[Crashillo]

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

[Scumpeter]

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

[spaetz]

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?