Download file and “open in” dialog on ios

#1

Hi there

From an api I get a link to a pdf or txt file. I would like to download it and generate the “open with” prompt on iOS.

It this possible? How would I approach this?

Thanks
Andreas

#2

Hmmm not sure if it is possible :thinking:… For pdf I would by default use the preview pdf flow function to view it in iOS, have you tried using that?

#3

@Mevi Thanks Mevi, yes, for PDFs that would be a solution, not so for txt files though

#4

I submitted this as a feature request a while back. Please upvote:

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#5

For text files you could handle displaying that in your app. You could check for a “.txt” file extension of the filename, and then use a ‘Read File’ flow function to read that into a page variable which you could display in a Text component.