Title: PDF
Last modified: November 29, 2018

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# PDF

 *  Resolved [avyner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/avyner/)
 * (@avyner)
 * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pdf-28/)
 * Hi,
 * IS there any way to show PDF links within the PWA with functionality. Currently,
   my PDFs open in a new page with no way of getting back?

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 *  [Jose Varghese](https://wordpress.org/support/users/josevarghese/)
 * (@josevarghese)
 * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pdf-28/#post-10932778)
 * Hi,
 * Good day and thanks for using SuperPWA. Upon PWA the files will get opened like
   how it open over the mobile browser. If the website is set to open the PDF over
   new page, the same will happen over the PWA too.
 * In future, more options for handling this will be added to our plugin.
 *  [androweb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/androweb/)
 * (@androweb)
 * [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pdf-28/#post-11032348)
 * I also found that chrome pdf viewer shows blank screen when clicking on pdf link.
 * This happens when using PWA or Chrome to view pdf file. If the superpwa plugin
   is deactivated, the pdf links work correctly, or you can delete the Service worker
   cookie, which also corrects the issue temporarily.
 * As an aside but maybe it is related, there was a similar issue with an earlier
   version of Chrome but this was rectified when Chrome was updated.
 * So this maybe an issue with PWA rather than superpwa, or maybe it’s a complex
   caching issue tracing back to when Chrome had the problem???
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 *  [Jose Varghese](https://wordpress.org/support/users/josevarghese/)
 * (@josevarghese)
 * [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pdf-28/#post-11033274)
 * Hi [@androweb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/androweb/),
 * Good day to you. There exists sone issue with the service worker for viewing 
   PDF files over some browser’s. As generally, some files are hosted outside the
   scope of the domain, the WebView of the link may become a white screen as due
   to some redirections over some Browser’s.
 * Could you please share the website URL, so that we can have a look over it and
   confirm the same.
 * Looking forward.
 *  [androweb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/androweb/)
 * (@androweb)
 * [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pdf-28/#post-11033579)
 * yes will do, when I can, I deactivated plugin, but I’m setting up a test page
   on another site, although having additional problems generating service worker
   and manifest file with the 2.0 version, so have to resolve that first, before
   testing the pdf link.
 *  [Jose Varghese](https://wordpress.org/support/users/josevarghese/)
 * (@josevarghese)
 * [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pdf-28/#post-11033610)
 * [@androweb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/androweb/) Please do open a new
   support thread with the website URL, so that we can have a look more specifically
   into it.

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 * Last reply from: [Jose Varghese](https://wordpress.org/support/users/josevarghese/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pdf-28/#post-11033610)
 * Status: resolved