A File Opener Plugin for Cordova ========================== This plugin will open a file on your device file system with its default application. Requirements ------------- - Android 4+ / iOS 6+ - Cordova 3.0 or higher Installation ------------- cordova plugin add [url-of-the-git-repo] Usage ------ Open an APK install dialog: <script> cordova.plugins.fileOpener2.open( '/sdcard/Download/gmail.apk', 'application/vnd.android.package-archive' ); </script> Open a PDF document with the default PDF reader and optional callback object: <script> cordova.plugins.fileOpener2.open( '/sdcard/Download/starwars.pdf', 'application/pdf', { error : function(errorObj) { alert('Error status: ' + errorObj.status + ' - Error message: ' + errorObj.message); }, success : function () { alert('file opened successfully'); } } ); </script> __Please Note that for properly opening a PDF file, you must already have a PDF reader (Acrobat Reader, Foxit Mobile PDF, etc. ) installed on your mobile device. Otherwise this will not work.__