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Cannot open downloaded artifact from the status bar notification in Firefox Android

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Alwin Doss
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I have observed that for following artifacts when downloaded using the Firefox Android App, I can't open them by clicking on the notification that appears in the status bar of my phone:

  • PDF
  • Images

For PDFs it shows an error which says "The name is too long" For Images it just open the image viewer but all I see is a black screen.

I have observed that for following artifacts when downloaded using the Firefox Android App, I can't open them by clicking on the notification that appears in the status bar of my phone: * PDF * Images For PDFs it shows an error which says "The name is too long" For Images it just open the image viewer but all I see is a black screen.

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Paul
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Hi

What are the files that you are trying to download and where are you trying to download them from?

Alwin Doss
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They are usually PDFs. I just can't open them from the notification but I am able to open them if I open the download folder and then try to open.

Paul
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Hi

Those are files that cannot be opened in Firefox for Android, but you should be able to open them if you have a .pdf viewer app installed on your Android device.