My phone's a Samsung S5. I'm using Chrome for it. Improve this question. Andrew T. Maglabe K. Maglabe 1 1 gold badge 2 2 silver badges 5 5 bronze badges. Which OS version is it currently running? Note there is an app called google pdf viewer and a a function within drive called drive pdf viewer, wich are different.
The first one can be unistalled in application manager. I have almost the identical issue. The main problem for me is when I download the PDF and it automatically opens in the Drive viewer, it always shows up as a blank document.
Did you get this fixed ever? Afterwards, you still need to reset the default by clicking on a PDF from any file browser. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. I had the same problem using Firefox on Android - totally maddening - but fixed it. Shouldn't it be there in Chrome, under the hood somewhere? Improve this answer. Kbarb Kbarb 1 1 silver badge 3 3 bronze badges.
Scroll down to the Launch by default section and tap the "Clear Defaults" button. Chahk Chahk For me, there's no separate PDF viewer app, and clearing defaults for the Drive doesn't help. Disabling the Drive app makes it "cant open file" even that i have adobe pdf and fbreader installed — wizzard0.
Similar to others.. To fix this in Nougat. Specifically, to install the pdf. Instead, go to addons. Also, to see if it's installed properly, go to the menu Tools:Add-ons not the "about:plugins" url as you might think from the desktop version.
Unfortunately the native browser present on Android devices not support this type of file. Let's see if in the 4. I needed this too, and the links above stopped working so this is what I found to work with the New Google Drive:.
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Asked 10 years, 3 months ago. Active 5 months ago. Viewed k times. Improve this question. Chris Saldanha Chris Saldanha 1, 2 2 gold badges 8 8 silver badges 3 3 bronze badges. Check if the PDF viewer you have installed has any setting that you can change that will prevent it from communicating with Chrome, or any other browser you might have installed. Of course, with this setting set the way it is, you simply cannot open PDF files in Chrome any more.
Your email address will not be published. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. But if the option is missing, tap on Open by default followed by Clear defaults. Once you clear the defaults for the new PDF reader, you will be asked to set a default app when you open any PDF file. Select the app and tap on Always. So follow the above methods to change the default PDF viewer of your phone and then it will be changed for WhatsApp too. Some phones only show the app icon and not the name in the recent apps screen.
To find the name, tap and hold the app icon in the recent apps screen. The name will be revealed. In case, the name is still not visible, you need to identify the app from its icon and then follow the steps mentioned above. It's possible that one of the recently downloaded apps might be causing the problem.
Usually, browsers such as UC Browser is downloaded accidentally by clicking on ads. These browsers come with PDF viewer capabilities and apps built-in. Such apps are responsible for taking over the default PDF viewer app. So check your phone if you've recently downloaded any such app. This blog presents to you some of the best document scanner apps that you can download in Among the many scanner apps for Android, we have shortlisted 10 for you.
All these Android mobile apps are full of features and can be worked on with ease. From supporting OCR Optical Character Recognition to having powerful editing features, all the Android apps we have listed are some of the best scanner apps for Android. Adobe Scan makes use of OCR Optical Character Recognition making your device a powerful scanning tool that can recognize the text as well. Receipts, business cards, whiteboards, notes, documents, photos, and everything else can be scanned with this mobile app.
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