Add cordova-plugin-file-opener2 in ionic-native

[annalyntabmore]

Can someone help me to add this https://github.com/pwlin/cordova-plugin-file-opener2 in ionic-native? thanks.

[ihadeed]

how is this different than cordova-plugin-file ?

[annalyntabmore]

I'm using it to open a file.

[ihadeed]

I understand. Aren't you able to do that using the file plugin? see here:
https://github.com/driftyco/ionic-native/blob/00793fd3ff0ece518bfe99425b67c291688b34b3/src/plugins/file.ts#L290-L315

It's not merged yet, but I believe it should give you the functionality you need.

[annalyntabmore]

Ok I'm gonna try this.thank you :)

[ihadeed]

Would be great if you can download the npm package attached with that PR and test it.

[ghenry22]

The file plugin let's you access files directly within your app. This lets you open files in the default system.app from.within your app.

Display an image in your app vs
Open the image in the native image gallery

Could be useful.in some scenarios to throw pdf files for example.out to a pdf reader rather than opening them in the app.

[eddyng8]

Is there a timeline on when this FileOpener2 plugin be added to ionic native?
In the meantime, is there another way of using the plugin without ionic-native?

[ihadeed]

@eddyng8
No timeline at the moment.

To use without Ionic Native, do the following:

1. Install plugin
2. In every page that you need to call the plugin, add this to the top of the page declare var cordova: any;
3. Use the plugin via cordova.plugins.fileOpener2 variable.