In Cordova 3.5, nothing happens if no PDF reader is installed

[nitinks78]

I implemented the plugin in my Cordova 3.5 based app. It worked successfully when QuickOffice or Adobe PDF Reader installed on my Nexus 7 (Kitkat 4.4.4).

But when I uninstalled both the PDF Readers from the Android device and ran my app, when I clicked the "Open PDF" button, nothing happened. Ideally it should have brought a pop with icons of exisiting apps to "Open With" or throw error of "No PDF reader found".

Why this wildcard does not get called:
else { intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
intent.setDataAndType(uri, "/");
}

[cauli]

+1

[cauli]

The wildcard does not get called because the format is known ("pdf"), so it enters:

else if(url.contains(".pdf")) {
    // PDF file
    intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
    intent.setDataAndType(uri, "application/pdf");
} 

Instead of the else which contains the wildcard. My preferred solution is to show a Toast like: "Woops. You don't have a .XYZ reader", but it is also possible to show all possibilities to the user. I'm creating a fork for this and a pull request soon.

[cauli]

Just made a pull request on the Toast solution. Ideally the wildcard should work, but with the toast at least the user knows what it happening.