Opening PDF files on android webview without using GoogleDocViewer

Question

How to show pdf on Android webview from url without using GoogleDocViewer?

PDF url needs authentication, and url is working fine on browser but when i'm trying to open the same url in android webview, it is showing blank screen.

Answer 1

You can use mozilla's pdf.js.

Sample project on how you do it in Android. Sample project made by user Butelo.

As user LinX64 pointed out, this is only usable on android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES.JELLY_BEAN and above.