How to display PDF (Blob) on iOS sent from my angularjs app
Solution 1
None of the solutions proposed above did work for me.
The main issue comes from URL
that wasn't retrieved correctly in iOS. The following code do the correct work :
window.URL = window.URL || window.webkitURL;
Also even with this, it did not work on Chrome iOS, neither Opera iOS...so after digging the internet and inspired with the following questions :
- Blob createObjectURL download not working in Firefox (but works when debugging)
- How to open Blob URL on Chrome iOS
- Display blob (.pdf) in an angular app
... I finally ended up with the following code (working on all iOS browsers except FF on iOS) :
if (window.navigator.msSaveOrOpenBlob) { //IE 11+
window.navigator.msSaveOrOpenBlob(blob, "my.pdf");
} else if (userAgent.match('FxiOS')) { //FF iOS
alert("Cannot display on FF iOS");
}
} else if (userAgent.match('CriOS')) { //Chrome iOS
var reader = new FileReader();
reader.onloadend = function () { $window.open(reader.result);};
reader.readAsDataURL(blob);
} else if (userAgent.match(/iPad/i) || userAgent.match(/iPhone/i)) { //Safari & Opera iOS
var url = $window.URL.createObjectURL(blob);
window.location.href = url;
}
Solution 2
Just add the below code as your $http
call.I've handled for other browsers as well.
$http.get("/displayPdf", {responseType: 'arraybuffer', params: {id: 1}}).success(function(data) {
var blob = new Blob([data], {type 'application/pdf'});
var anchor = document.createElement("a");
if(navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Chrome") != -1||navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Opera") != -1){
$window.open(URL.createObjectURL(file,{oneTimeOnly:true}));
}else if(navigator.userAgent.indexOf("iPad") != -1){
var fileURL = URL.createObjectURL(file);
//var anchor = document.createElement("a");
anchor.download="myPDF.pdf";
anchor.href = fileURL;
anchor.click();
}else if(navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Firefox") != -1 || navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Safari") != -1){
var url = window.URL.createObjectURL(file);
anchor.href = url;
anchor.download = "myPDF.pdf";
document.body.appendChild(anchor);
anchor.click();
setTimeout(function(){
document.body.removeChild(anchor);
window.URL.revokeObjectURL(url);
}, 1000);
}
});
Kapil Gund
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Updated on July 23, 2022Comments
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Kapil Gund almost 2 years
My Angular 1.5 application connect to a Java/Tomcat/Spring backend server via REST.
One REST service generates PDF and send it to the client. It works fine on DEsktop browsers (FF, Chrome at least) but I cannot see the PDF content on iOS (ipad for instance) whatever the browser I am using (Chrome, Safari..)
Here is the Angular Code :
$http.get("/displayPdf", {responseType: 'arraybuffer', params: {id: 1}}). success(function(data) { var blob = new Blob([data], {type 'application/pdf'}); var objectUrl = window.URL.createObjectURL(blob); window.open(objectUrl); } );
The Spring/Jax-RS code is :
@GET @Path("displayPdf") @Produces("application/pdf") Response displayPdf(@QueryParam("id") Long id) { byte[] bytes = service.generatePdf(); return javax.ws.rs.core.Response.ok(). entity(bytes). header("Content-Type", "pdf"). header("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename='test.pdf'"). build(); }
I have done my research here for instance(AngularJS: Display blob (.pdf) in an angular app) but could not find an appropriate solution.
So please, do you know what should I do to display the generated PDF to my iPad/iPhone end-users ?
Thanks a lot
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glemiere over 7 yearsHi! You should visit that related post ;) stackoverflow.com/questions/21628378/…
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ngCoder over 7 years@fabien7474 did the answers resolved your issue ?
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Kapil Gund over 7 yearsThis solution does not work for iPad. Still the same issue : nothing is displyaed
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ngCoder over 7 yearscan you elaborate what issue you have faced while using this solution ? So that we can track what exactly happened as it is a tested out code.
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Kapil Gund over 7 yearsVery simple : nothing happens on iPad whereas in Chrome for instance, Pdf is displayed.
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Chetan Oswal over 4 yearsCan you please explain how can we make use of this in Angular?