ionic-team / capacitor-file-viewer

File Viewer plugin for Capacitor ⚡️

capacitor-file-viewer

@capacitor/file-viewer

The FileViewer API provides mechanisms for opening files and previewing media. Not available on web.
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Install

npm install @capacitor/file-viewer
npx cap sync

Example

import { FileViewer } from "@capacitor/file-viewer";

// can use a plugin like @capacitor/filesystem to get the full path to the file
const openDocument = async () => {
  await FileViewer.openDocumentFromLocalPath({
    path: "path/to/file.pdf"
  });
};

// ios-specific
const previewMedia = async () => {
  await FileViewer.previewMediaContentFromUrl({
    path: "https://url_hosting_media/file.mp4"
  });
}

API

Check the plugin's api here.