Android 13 Brave Downloads: "Can't Open File"

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Continuing the discussion from "Cant open file", pdf files will not open in Brave Browser:

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Description of the issue:

I can’t open any downloaded files

How can this issue be reproduced?

  1. Install Brave on Pixel 6 Android 13
  2. Download .pdf or .m4a
  3. Try to open but can’t

Expected result:

Open, view or play file in browser.

Brave Version( check About Brave):

Brave 1.48.160, Chromium 110.0.5481.77

Mobile Device details

Android 13; Build/TQ1A.230205.002; Pixel 6

Additional Information:

Thought it should have been fixed already regarding Problem: Brave Android won't open PDFs from downloads - #2 by Henry

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Hello there @discodisco please accept my apologies for this inconvenience. Do you receive an error while trying to open the files or are you redirected to select an app to open it?

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No worries @Kevin_cc, the error occurs when selecting to open the downloaded file from the Downloads pane. I am not prompted for any redirection to open the file from an external app. I just see the “can’t open file” dialogue box flash temporarily.

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@discodisco Please try installing the Beta or Nightly version of Brave to see if the issue persists on those versions.

Be waiting for your response.

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@Kevin_cc Just got it fixed. tl;dr gosh I’m dumb.

Looks like I had Google Drive disabled, and that it needs to be enabled to read .pdfs from Downloads.

Downloading VLC, I was able to play the downloaded .m4a files.

I download Beta, Nightly, Chrome, and Firefox. I searched “The Egg Andy Wier .pdf” and downloaded the first hit. Same error trying to open the .pdf for all Brave builds and Chrome: “Can’t open file”

The Firefox app gave me the error: “No app found to open this file”

So I checked for Drive and it was disabled. I toggled that and now it works.

Anyways, hope you have a good weekend and sry to have bugged you

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No worries, thanks for replying and sharing that information as this could be helpful if other users are experiencing this issue.

If you have any concerns, please let me know or create a new post in order to further assist you.

Regards.

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