2007432 - Share PDF behaves differently depending on if it is local/remote. Shares link if remote, file if local. Add ability to share as a file for remote PDFs.

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Firefox for Android :: Downloads, enhancement)

Description

[Justin Billman]

Steps to reproduce

1. Share PDF that is remote > it will share a link
2. Download that same PDF so it is local > it will share the file

Expected behavior

Add ability to share a remote PDF as a file

Actual behavior

Device information

• Firefox version:
• Android device model:
• Android OS version:

Any additional information?

Comment 1

[Titouan Thibaud [:titouan]]

Attachment: Bug 2007432 - Sharing a remote PDF now shares the file itself instead of the URL.

Comment 2

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://github.com/mozilla-firefox/firefox/commit/b60598bd1526
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/4430fb341edc
Sharing a remote PDF now shares the file itself instead of the URL. r=android-reviewers,giorga

Comment 3

[amarc]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/4430fb341edc

Comment 4

[Titouan Thibaud [:titouan]]

Release Note Request

[Why is this notable]: This changes the behavior of sharing remote PDFs. Before this patch, clicking the "Share" button would lead to share the URL of the PDF. Starting from Fx152, clicking the "Share" button will instead share the PDF file itself.
[Affects Firefox for Android]: Yes
[Suggested wording]: Sharing a remote PDF will now share the file itself, rather than its URL, that you can still share by copying it from the awesomebar.
[Links (documentation, blog post, etc)]:

Comment 5

[Ryan VanderMeulen [:RyanVM]]

Added to the Fx152 relnotes.

Comment 6

[Mira Lobontiu (Android QA)]

Verified as fixed on the latest Firefox for Android Nightly 152.0a1 from 5/17 using a Xiaomi Poco X7 Pro (Android 16).

Comment 7

[Andrew Gaul]

I understand this use case but it breaks my workflow of sending PDFs to my large monitor desktop for later reading via Sync. Perhaps Firefox could default to sending a file but offer a way to share the URL instead?

Comment 8

[Titouan Thibaud [:titouan]]

Hey Andrew, thanks for reporting this issue.
I've filed a separate bug (Bug 2047186).