Android 9 pie and latest version of Edge Android beta, in the file manager when I "Open with" on PDF file, Edge isn't available. I'd like the same features we have on desktop, Mac, Linux to be available on Android and IOS too. if you want the same, please send a feedback through Edge browser about this. thank you

msekmfb1 They can easily make the .apk file size smaller starting by getting rid of the useless components such as Newsguard and adblock plus, and then maybe after years, update the Chromium from 77 to 87. if the file size gets slightly bigger it will be worth it's the same as installing a separate app that occupies space. Yes, there are lots of apps on Android for PDF but the same goes for Desktop, even more actually, Windows store and Win32 programs, paid and open source. not all phones have Google drive preinstalled, especially Samsung devices that are the most popular ones and have deals with Microsoft to install Microsoft Launcher, OneDrive, Your Phone etc. Huawei devices are another popular brand that don't have good relationship with Google and no reason to advertise for Google apps. but these are only 2 companies out of many that make Android phones. I think Microsoft can push this to Chromium if they want to, just like they contributed lots of code in the past 2 years to Chromium project.or, fork the Chromium Android.lots of possibilities

msekmfb1 adblock plus isn't even comparable to ublock origin. it barely blocks anything if at all. they also take money from advertisement companies to let their ads come through. no ability to add filters etc. adding PDF viewer to Edge Android is itself a new feature that is worth spending time on. there is no concrete data to show there are more Android apps than PC, I don't know why you keep saying that lol

> adblock plus isn't even comparable to ublock origin. it barely blocks anything if at all. they also take money from advertisement companies to let their ads come through. no ability to add filters etc.There's not so much browsers developed by companies I can trust, it's Chrome, Edge, and Firefox. Chrome doesn't have AdBlocker at all, when Firefox on Android is much slower than Chromium. So something is better than nothing.>adding PDF viewer to Edge Android is itself a new feature that is worth spending time on.I hate reading PDF on phone, because it's very inconvenient, so I always have to switch to my PC.So there will not a large popularity for Android Edge PDF viewer.It can be useful only on tablets, but tablets market share is very low.> there is no concrete data to show there are more Android apps than PC, I don't know why you keep saying that lolI said a little wrong, there's two points:*Adobe Acrobat is paid, so we don't talk about it1) It's much easier to install PDF viewer app on Android, than on Windows: you don't need to find the official binaries (+ the risks to download malware is lower because of (a little bit) Play Store app moderation and Android's permission control), you can see the app reputation (downloads, reviews) right in the store2) I think if Acrobat were developing today, it will not be paid - it would just contain a lot of ads in free version. I know it's easier and more profitable to have ads on Android app, than on desktop, so there's definitely more PDF apps on Android, than on Windows.So if I need to Ink on PDF and I don't have Adobe Acrobat (or I don't like it), I will not download paid or suspicious software and will use Edge's reader (+ Edge is preinstalled on Windows).If I'm on Android, I most like will not read PDF. If I will, I would simply download an app specially designed for PDF editing, or open it in Android stock reader, if I don't need to edit it.And I need to point that Edge is de-facto Windows default PDF reader, which should be useful, because if you're a regular, not tech-savvy user, you just click on PDF file and it opens in Edge - you don't need to search for PDF reader. If you're on Android, you *firstly* need to install Edge.

You can't set defaults on iOS outside of mail and browsers on iOS. You use Preview to view PDFs opened from Files and you use Safari to view PDFs from the web.

Thanks, well in that case I think an Edge browser with built in PDF support + annotation + sticky notes + digital signing etc. would be very useful.

Edge on Android isn't available for opening PDFs

Tio_Dep
Steel Contributor
Mar 04, 2021
HotCakeX and others
From my point of view, ad block in edge android is excellent ,i don't have any add when adblock is activated, on news, on videos, on websites, it's a very very good adblocker !
- HotCakeX
  MVP
  Mar 04, 2021
  Okay but the topic is about something else.
msekmfb1
Iron Contributor
Nov 25, 2020
Edge is not available, because it does not support PDF on Android, and will not support it until PDF on Android will be supported by the Chromium upstream. Google will not do it, because Google Drive, which is preinstalled on 99% Android devices has a very basic PDF viewer, which is completely native. Microsoft could extend it, but I see that the current desktop's Edge PDF viewer is hybrid - the renderer is native (the same is in all Chromium-based browsers, and it's actually something similar to Adobe Flash plugin), but the UI is built on web technologies, which require browser rendering engine.
I don't think they will be able to port it until Android's Chromium doesn't support native plugins. Also I don't think it will be possible, so we hardly see PDF viewer embedded in Edge on Android. Unlike Windows (or any desktop OS), there is a lot apps in Play Store that allow you to Ink on PDF. And Edge APK is already pretty large, and adding PDF viewer will make it even larger.
- HotCakeX
  MVP
  Nov 25, 2020
  msekmfb1
  They can easily make the .apk file size smaller starting by getting rid of the useless components such as Newsguard and adblock plus, and then maybe after years, update the Chromium from 77 to 87.
  
  if the file size gets slightly bigger it will be worth it's the same as installing a separate app that occupies space.
  
  Yes, there are lots of apps on Android for PDF but the same goes for Desktop, even more actually, Windows store and Win32 programs, paid and open source.
  
  not all phones have Google drive preinstalled, especially Samsung devices that are the most popular ones and have deals with Microsoft to install Microsoft Launcher, OneDrive, Your Phone etc.
  
  Huawei devices are another popular brand that don't have good relationship with Google and no reason to advertise for Google apps. but these are only 2 companies out of many that make Android phones.
  
  I think Microsoft can push this to Chromium if they want to, just like they contributed lots of code in the past 2 years to Chromium project.
  or, fork the Chromium Android.
  lots of possibilities
  - msekmfb1
    Iron Contributor
    Nov 25, 2020
    Why AdBlock Plus is useless? It's the one of two reasons to use Edge on Android (the first - syncing with PC).
    By mentioning that Google Drive is preinstalled on the most of devices I mean Edge PDF viewer demand will be low. Talking about Samsung devices, there's Samsung Notes which have ability to Ink on PDFs is preinstalled side by side with Drive.
    I'm sure embedding PDF viewer into Chromium Android tab is a fundamental and hard work, so I don't think there's a reason to shift their attention from adding new features an fixing bugs to that.
    In addition to that, very little people view PDFs on their phones, because it doesn't support normal zooming. So there's a little chance Edge could compete with Android PDF editing apps, of which there are a lot, compared to PC.

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