File opens in iBooks but doesn't get attached to Mail about cordova-plugin-file-opener2 HOT 29 CLOSED

Hi @marcelmalitz

I am sorry but since long, I have no access to an iOS device to test anything at all. Sometimes I can fix some minor Objective-C bugs based on the technical changes in the language, but not user interface stuff.
If it works when opening with iBooks, it means this plugin still works correctly. I am not sure what Mail.app expects to receive and how attaching a file works with it. Maybe first you should save the PDF to the sandbox and then try to figure out how to launch Mail.app and immediately attach a file?

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Hi @pwlin

Thanks for replying. I'll have a look next week. Perhaps I can get some errors from the logs or even figure out how I can get it to work.

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Hi @pwlin

I have just plugged in my iPhone and started the app from Xcode. As said when I open it in iBooks it's all fine and there aren't any issues. If I open it with the mail app I get the following error.

2014-12-09 08:35:39.936 AnLog[1338:524306] LaunchServices: invalidationHandler called
2014-12-09 08:35:39.937 AnLog[1338:522756] Unable to get data for URL: The operation couldn’t be completed. (Cocoa error 260.)
2014-12-09 08:35:39.937 AnLog[1338:522756] Unknown activity items supplied: (
"<UIPrintInfo: 0x17806c840>"
)
2014-12-09 08:35:39.944 AnLog[1338:523157] LaunchServices: invalidationHandler called

As follows some debug information.
path NSString * @"file:///var/mobile/Containers/Data/Application/7A044B0C-FACF-497B-A9D3-A8A71798C29E/Documents//myfile.pdf" 0x00000001780efd00

fileURL NSURL * @"file:/var/mobile/Containers/Data/Application/7A044B0C-FACF-497B-A9D3-A8A71798C29E/Documents/myfile.pdf -- file:///" 0x0000000170293b00

Do you have an idea? I'll also keep looking into it.

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Can you show the javascript part of your code where you call the plugin?

Also: Does the app crashes after that error? Or you just get nothing?

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@marcelmalitz
I too had this issue, I solved it by actually configuring a mail application on the device. When I didn't have one configured it would not open the mail app, once I configured and set up the mail app it worked!

BUT @pwlin the problem I am faced with now is that once the mail app opens, (I can send mail OK) but if I cancel or even once sent, there is no return back to my underlying app (without closing and restarting the app). I am on latest IOS 8.1.2

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Thanks @Mark-Leck for the tip. I hope it helps @marcelmalitz to fix his problem.
I am sorry I have no idea how to return to the main app. Can't you hold the home button on the device until you get a list of currently running apps, and then choose your main app?

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Hi,
my apologies, I didn't describe this very well. My mail app is configured, it just doesn't attach the file to the new email.

The mail app opens a new email dialog where I can enter the body, change the subject, add recepients etc. This looks all fine. Unfortunately it doesn't contain a file attachment.

@pwlin please find the code I use to open a pdf file as follows.

cordova.plugins.fileOpener2.open(
        // You can also use a Cordova-style file uri: cdvfile://localhost/persistent/Download/starwars.pdf
        cordova.file.documentsDirectory + '/' + pdfFilename, 
        'application/pdf', { 
                error : function(e) { 
                console.log('Error status: ' + e.status + ' - Error message: ' + e.message);
            },
            success : function () {
                console.log('file opened successfully');                
            }
        }
    );

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@marcelmalitz: can you please change the content type from application/pdf to com.adobe.pdfand try again? Will that make any difference?

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@pwlin If I double tap home the weird thing is it is only my app that is running, the mail app is embedded on top of my my app (aka opened in the same instance) there is no option to return back. On the other hand if I open up say; Adobe reader, then reader does indeed open as a separate app so I am able to do what you suggest. I may try the suggestion you have made to @marcelmalitz so that the user can then send their mail via Adobe Reader. I will try and let you know!

EDIT:
I have tried the com.adobe.pdf but it didn't open adobe, it just gave me the standard IOS 'choose your application' pop-up screen....If I select mail then I am left with the image below and as you can see cancel does not give me any close option. The only way to return is to close my app and restart.
Strange how it ends up embedded on top of my application.

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@marcelmalitz I have just been looking at you URL above and I am not sure if this helps but mine is formed slightly differently....
Like so:
@"file:///private/var/mobile/Containers/Bundle/Application/7A044B0C-FACF-497B-A9D3-A8A71798C29E/Documents//myfile.pdf"

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@Mark-Leck and @marcelmalitz Have you ever tried Cordova Email Plugin? Maybe that would be a better choice to trigger Mail.app? There is also an example repo for that plugin.

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@Mark-Leck Based on your screenshot, can't you click on Delete Draftto come back to your main app?

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@pwlin no non of the options available will return me back to my app. Yes I have been toying with using a standalone alternative, the only problem is that IOS will still offer the user the choice of using the default mail app.....If they do select that option then bam they are locked out of my app. Not really a solution I am looking for. I have even tried using inappbrowser plugin - injecting code - and then opening opening up mail app, but again mail app just takes over inappbrowser too. I am beginning to think this is a problem not currently solvable using phonegap or any of its related and current plugins.

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@pwlin I changed the content type to com.adobe.pdf with no success. I'll try the email plugin next in about three weeks time. I am on holiday from today.

@Mark-Leck as per your screenshot it doesn't look like that the actual pdf file is attached to your email draft. It populates the subject with the name of the pdf file but that is all it does. Try sending that email to a test email account. I doubt you will receive the pdf.

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I'm experiencing the exact same problem as @Mark-Leck, the mail app is being launched inside my Cordova app and it doesn't let me get back, exactly as in his description and screenshots. I confirm this issue happens on iOS 7.0.5 on an iPhone 5S.
From what i can think of, it might be impossible to fix as i don't think it's your plugin that controls where & how these external apps are launched, or if you have any options. I'll let you know if i find anything.

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And... here's something that weirdly solves the problem, for now at least. I found http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/4.0.0/guide_appdev_whitelist_index.md.html , which says:

External Application Whitelist
Cordova 3.6.0 introduces a second whitelist, for restricting which URLs are allowed to launch external applications.

So, i tried adding that launch-external="yes" attribute to my <access origin="*" /> tag in config.xml, the obvious result being <access origin="*" launch-external="yes" />. One would expect (as did I) that the Mail app would now really launch externally, i.e. when you double tap the home button you'd see both your app and the Mail app.

But no, the above results in the Mail app being launched exactly as before, on top of your app. The difference is that it can now be closed via Close -> either Delete draft or Save draft, or by sending the e-mail! YAY! At least i'm not forced to kill the app any more.

@Mark-Leck Please let me know if this solves the problem on your version if iOS as well, one way or another.

Have a nice day!

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@dnwts Many thanks for the quick heads up ^ I eagerly rushed to try this but unfortunately no joy, I am wondering could this be a Phonegapbuild issue as I am using that for my .ipa's? Or are you using PGB too? Also are you using 'application/pdf' to launch? or?....

@marcelmalitz you are indeed correct, I know that If I open the mail app via Adobe Reader then it definitely attaches and sends (see image below). Eg: My App >> Adobe Reader >> Mail

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@Mark-Leck i'm sorry to hear it's not working for you. We're not using PGB because of multiple headaches and slow updates, we're using basically cordova cli directly. It's more complicated to set up and maintain, but ultimately we gained complete control over what's going on.
Now, as far as i can see here http://phonegap.com/blog/2014/09/30/phonegap-3_6_3-now-on-build/ PGB seems to use Cordova 3.6, which should work. However, i am not convinced that PGB will actually translate the <access origin="*" launch-external="yes" /> tag into the exact same tag in config.xml in the actual .ipa output. Can you check and make sure?
As for the other question, yes i am using the application/pdf mime-type for .pdf, and it seems to work fine.

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@dnwts I have opened up the .ipa and you are correct, PGB is omitting the launch-external="yes" from the config.xml tag. :(

I do have the CLI setup for android, I am not sure what is involved in configuring it for IOS though - I will look into this though.

Thanks for your help anyway!

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@dnwts Great finds! thanks for clearing up some of the doubts.

@Mark-Leck setting up Cordova CLI for iOS is pretty straightforward, much like you do it for Android.

1- Add iOS platform:

cordova platform add ios

2- Build your app for iOS:

cordova build ios

3- Now open your app in XCode and do as usual.

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@Mark-Leck @pwlin I'm glad i could help! While i still think PGB is a great service for pretty simple apps, it does suck at some things such as this, so you always need to check your packages to ensure that the output contains what you wanted. Some bottlenecks just like this one determined us to stop using it.

Best regards and happy holidays guys :)

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@dnwts completely agreed. We don't use PGB too and prefer the simplicity and total control of Cordova CLI. I only submitted this plugin to PGB because people were asking for it. And with every update I must submit it again to PGB and wait for them to "approve" the new version....

Happy holidays to you too :)

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@pwlin If only I had a Mac :-( (maybe next year) @dnwts I also agree, the more I use pgb the more I find myself constantly looking for workarounds.
Anyway all the best to both!!

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Hi all,

Same problem as marcelmalitz, it opens correctly in iBooks but it is not attached to the email when opening with Mail app - only the file name in subject...
Any news about this problem?
Thank you.

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@mbpmn I found that another plugin similar to this one, called:
cordova-bridge-open
https://github.com/cordova-bridge/open

This attaches the file correctly to everything I have tried it with.
Although it still doesn't solve my ongoing problem.

Hope that helps.

Hi all,

Same problem as marcelmalitz, it opens correctly in iBooks but it is not
attached to the email when opening with Mail app - only the file name in
subject...
Any news about this problem?
Thank you.

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@Mark-Leck
Thank you so much, this plugin works perfectly on IOS and Android !

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@mbpmn Hay no worries, glad it worked for you!
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@Mark-Leck https://github.com/Mark-Leck
Thank you so much, this plugin works perfectly on IOS and Android !

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@Mark-Leck I tried the cordova-bridge-open plugin and it works very well. Thank you for this helpful advice.

@pwlin If you would like to get this working with your plugin it might be worth having a look into the cordova-bridge-open plugin code.

Thank you everyone for your help and contribution.

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Thank you very much @Mark-Leck and @marcelmalitz I'm glad Cordova-Bridge worked for you. I will try to see its code and maybe I can fix File-Opener2

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