pdf document plugin and open in native app function

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chris1 Code is Art Posts: 3862 Reg: Aug 10, 2012 Austin, TX 50,120	confirm \| cancel 11/28/12 03:23 PM (13 years ago) pdf document plugin and open in native app function On the "PDF Document" plugin, there's an option to open the document in a native app. However, including that option only lets the user open the pdf in Safari. From there, the document can be opened in any app that supports pdf on the device. Is there a way to skip the Safari step, and let the user choose which app to open the document in straight from the plugin screen? I found a thread talking about this from a year ago: https://www.buzztouch.com/forum/thread.php?tid=77E517D9599C42D988B8CAE&status=&searchInput=search...&sortColumn=FT.dateStampUTC&sortUpDown=DESC&currentPage=64&doViews=1 But it doesn't look like any resolution was ever made. Does anyone know of any way to accomplish this? Thanks, Chris http://www.churchphoneapps.com Title Comments On the "PDF Document" plugin, there's an option to open the document in a native app. However, including that option only lets the user open the pdf in Safari. From there, the document can be opened in any app that supports pdf on the device. Is there a way to skip the Safari step, and let the user choose which app to open the document in straight from the plugin screen? I found a thread talking about this from a year ago: https://www.buzztouch.com/forum/thread.php?tid=77E517D9599C42D988B8CAE&status=&searchInput=search...&sortColumn=FT.dateStampUTC&sortUpDown=DESC&currentPage=64&doViews=1 But it doesn't look like any resolution was ever made. Does anyone know of any way to accomplish this? Thanks, Chris http://www.churchphoneapps.com

LA Aspiring developer Posts: 3280 Reg: Aug 16, 2012 Jerseyville, IL 42,900	11/28/12 05:10 PM (13 years ago) Not that I read either but I would like to know about the signing part. LA Comments Not that I read either but I would like to know about the signing part. LA

Crown Solutions Aspiring developer Posts: 463 Reg: Nov 11, 2011 MN 13,480	11/29/12 09:16 AM (13 years ago) You would need to enter the custom URL string for the app you wanted to use. Unfortunately iOS doesn't ship with a PDF "viewer" so you can not launch that. You would have to know what third party app the customer has and then add that URL. (If they have made it public) http://wiki.akosma.com/IPhone_URL_Schemes -this link gives a list of some open links. (from the launch native app page) The nice thing about Safari, is that all the big name PDF apps can be launched from there. I am not aware of any PDF apps that have an open SDK, but I have not looked very hard either. Comments You would need to enter the custom URL string for the app you wanted to use. Unfortunately iOS doesn't ship with a PDF "viewer" so you can not launch that. You would have to know what third party app the customer has and then add that URL. (If they have made it public) http://wiki.akosma.com/IPhone_URL_Schemes -this link gives a list of some open links. (from the launch native app page) The nice thing about Safari, is that all the big name PDF apps can be launched from there. I am not aware of any PDF apps that have an open SDK, but I have not looked very hard either.

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