PhoneGap / Cordova plugin that adds possibility to open local files on other applications. Eg. open PDF-file you have downloaded in device's PDF viewer.
This plug-in will be usually used with plug-in com.apache.cordova.file-transfer
used to first load files to device,
to be then displayed with help of OpenFile plug-in.
Plug-in is released with Apache 2.0 license. Allowing it to be used also in closed source commercial projects.
Windows support is written by Doan Isakov doan.isakov(at)gmail.com, he has also provided improvements to initial iOS implementation.
Other parts are written by Sami Viitanen sami.viitanen(at)gmail.com
Copyrights belong to people listed in files. Files without copyright information are copyrighted by Sami Viitanen sami.viitanen@gmail.com
Currently Android, iOS, Windows Phone 8 and Windows (8+).
I'm more than happy to add other platforms if patches are provided with license compatible with Apache 2.0.
Add plug-in to your PhoneGap/Cordova project with:
phonegap plugin add org.vaadin.alump.openfile
or
cordova plugin add org.vaadin.alump.openfile
Plan is to release plug-in in cordova plug-in repository soon, to make it easier to install it
In JavaScript (easiest way):
window.openfile.open(filePath);
Same from inside GWT JSNI:
$wnd.openfile.open(filePath);
Full JavaScript example, with custom result callbacks defined:
window.openfile.open(filePath,
function() {
console.log('File open successfully');
},
function(error) {
console.log('Failed to open file: ' + error);
}
);
- Converting to npm repository
- Improvements to iOS implementation. Thanks to Doan Isakov!
- Windows 8 (universal) support added. Kudos to Doan Isakov!
- Initial release
- Android, iOS and Windows Phone 8 support
- Proper error codes
- Adding new support to new platforms