Preview for PDF files
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Description
Actual behaviour
On opening a PDF file the file is downloaded automatically.
Expected behaviour
Instead the file should be opened for preview and and option should be provided to the user to download the file.
Steps to reproduce
- Open any PDF file
Can this problem be reproduced with the official owncloud server?
(url: https://demo.owncloud.org, user: test, password: test)
Yes
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the issue by opening any PDF file in the ownCloud Android app, then trace the file-opening flow that handles PDFs. Done means PDFs open in a preview instead of downloading automatically, while the user still has an option to download the file.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- android, kotlin
- Domain
- mobile
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100