Question

I wan’t to open a pdf file on Xcode using phone gap[corodova 1.7.0]. Is it possible ?
I can read text files, but for pdf should I use a plugin or something ?
Thanks.

Answer 1

Why don’t you try child browser plugin to view pdf in phonegap app.

function onDeviceReady() {

        var root = this;
        cb = window.plugins.childBrowser;

        if(cb != null) {
        cb.onLocationChange = function(loc){ root.locChanged(loc); };
        cb.onClose = function(){root.onCloseBrowser(); };
        cb.onOpenExternal = function(){root.onOpenExternal(); };
        cb.showWebPage("http://xyz.com/server/data/test.pdf");

        }
    }

    function onCloseBrowser() {
        console.log("onCloseBrowser!");
    }

    function locChanged(loc) {
        console.log("locChanged!");
    }

    function onOpenExternal() {
        alert("onOpenExternal!");
    }