built to comply with: Storage Access Framework (SAF) to use with Android 13 permisions
still in development mode, try to handle downloading a pdf file from the we and saving to cordova.file.externalCacheDirectory
trying to resolve the below.
//DOWNLOAD AND SAVE FILE ***********************************************************************
function downloadAndSaveFile(dir, url, filename) { // Use fetch to download the file fetch(url) .then(response => response.blob()) // Convert the response to a blob .then(blob => { // Resolve the local file system URL where to save the file window.resolveLocalFileSystemURL(dir, function (dirEntry) { // Get a file entry for the file in the specified directory dirEntry.getFile(filename, { create: true, exclusive: false }, function (fileEntry) { // Create a FileWriter object for our FileEntry fileEntry.createWriter(function (fileWriter) { fileWriter.onwriteend = function () { console.log("Download successful, file written to: " + fileEntry.nativeURL); }; fileWriter.onerror = function (e) { console.error("Write failed: " + e.toString()); }; // Write the content of the blob to the file fileWriter.write(blob); }); }, onError); }, onError); }) .catch(error => { console.error("Download error: ", error); }) function onError(error) { console.error("Error: ", error); } }
downloadAndSaveFile(cordova.file.externalCacheDirectory, 'https://www.xxxx.xx/xxx.pdf', 'xxx.pdf');
//OPEN FILE ***********************************************************************
// this works, but get error: access denined
cordova.InAppBrowser.open('file:///storage/emulated/0/Android/data/xxxx/cache/xxx.pdf', '_blank', 'location=yes');
//OPEN SAF file ***********************************************************************
// To open a PDF using SAF cordova.plugins.openPdf.openPdfUsingSAF(function() { console.log("PDF opened successfully."); }, function(err) { console.error("Error:", err); });
// To open a specific downloaded file cordova.plugins.openPdf.openDownloadedFile(filePath, function() { console.log("Downloaded file opened successfully."); }, function(err) { console.error("Error:", err); });