Can't open PDFs on Android

mzguy · 2020-11-03T22:21:53.010Z

Am I doing something wrong, or is something wrong with my import?

I see the PDF attachment link in my note (imported from Enex / Evernote). I tap on it, and am presented by the Android system with two apps that supposedly can open my PDF. However, neither is a PDF reader and neither can handle PDFs!

I've not had issues opening PDFs on my phone before. I have a couple PDF readers, and they and one is set to handle PDFs by default. Is Joplin somehow passing the wrong kind of file type to Android?

tnwn · 2020-11-03T22:25:26.124Z

Can you copy here the link text? It might be something with syntax.

mzguy · 2020-11-03T22:28:26.074Z

Here's an example. It appears to be an issue with all the ones I've tried.

<en-note><a href=':/67e77efac48d821c023c7387109df947'  hash="67e77efac48d821c023c7387109df947" type="application/pdf" alt="Vitchelo V800.pdf">  Vitchelo V800.pdf</a></en-media></en-note>

tnwn · 2020-11-03T22:34:07.281Z

Can't help with HTML, not yet. I imported as Markdown.
Let's wait for more mature users.

roman_r_m · 2020-11-04T08:31:06.438Z

I'm pretty sure it's because your note is HTML rather than Markdown.

mzguy · 2020-11-05T05:43:50.845Z

So if I do an import from Evernote in HTML, attachments don't work on Android (but they do on desktop)? Is it really that simple? That's a bug then?

mzguy · 2020-11-06T03:22:23.850Z

I've confirmed that the links work correctly when I've imported via Markdown. Seems this is a bug, since attachments aren't linked correctly for Android when Enex is imported as HTML.