cross-posted from: https://lemdro.id/post/46516699

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Opens PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, photos, video, audio, Markdown and code, all rendered on the device. About 5 MB, one build for every processor, Android 8.0 and up.

Search works in every document type. PDF text selects, copies and reads aloud to a screen reader, and there is a night mode that turns the paper black and leaves most photographs alone.

Its permissions page is empty and the manifest has no INTERNET so it can’t open a network connection. Files reach it through the system picker, an Open-with intent, or a folder you grant once. The About screen asks Android what the app requests and shows you the result.

Not an editor. Legacy .ppt does not open. Complex PowerPoint renders approximately.

I will be in the comments today, so ask away, including why it isn’t on F-Droid yet.

  • Arjun Maniyani@lemdro.idOP
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    5 hours ago

    Obtainium already works with the GitHub releases, and the README has a one-tap link for it.

    There’s no edit feature, but the viewer’s Share button hands the file to any app that accepts it so that should work for what you said.

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      5 hours ago

      Brilliant, thanks - my obtainium attempts had “.git” on the end. Looks great, the share feature is exactly the use case I was looking. Only looking for it baked in because android’s share feature is fairly poor.

      • Arjun Maniyani@lemdro.idOP
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        40 minutes ago

        Glad Obtainium works now! Fair point on the share sheet, a button that only lists the apps that can open that file type would be nicer.