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Q: Safari in iOS 8.0 can not display a PDF embedded in a HTML page(with embed tag).

Safari in iOS 8.0 can not display a PDF embedded in a HTML page(with embed tag).

In iOS7.0 or earlier Safari can display the PDF if it is embedded in a HTML page.

 

demo page:

http://www.broadband-xp.com/test/ios/embed.html

 

Steps to Reproduce:

1. In iOS 8.0 with Safari access to the following test page:

http://www.broadband-xp.com/test/ios/embed.html

 

You will not see a PDF there.

 

2. In iOS 7.0 or earlier with Safari access to the same page.

Then you will see a PDF.

 

Is this change a bug or an expected behavior?

iPhone 5, iOS 8

Posted on Sep 19, 2014 2:51 PM

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Q: Safari in iOS 8.0 can not display a PDF embedded in a HTML page(with embed tag).

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  • by arthur_felipe,

    arthur_felipe arthur_felipe Aug 24, 2016 2:20 AM in response to shimax21
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    Aug 24, 2016 2:20 AM in response to shimax21

    I still had this problem on iOS 9, with my iPhone SE, when using some websites like when viewing decisions from the Brazilian local labor court.

    However, I finally managed to find a workaround using Firefox for iOS: when displaying the same website, Firefox offers a "open in..." (displayed as "abrir no...", as my app is in PT-BR) option that isn't available on Safari.

     

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    By using the new available option, I could save the PDF to my Dropbox, by simply renaming it using the correct .pdf extension.

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