iOS: Can't download PDFs through Share
dstillman
Zotero Team
This discussion was created from comments split from: iOS Beta problem: No longer downloads PDFs.
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Trying to download a pdf into zotero from safari on ipad and then open in Zotero beta ios app (most recent update)
Steps to reproduce:
1 On ipad, open a pdf in safari
2 click on share menu in upper right corner
3 Choose zotero.
4 Popup interface offers 'save to zotero' with (briefly) name of pdf, and a checkmark circle which is empty - the pdf name is greyed out and I can't check it
5 Choose 'save to zotero' in top corner of the interface
6 Check Zotero app - item is there but only with a link. I would expect a pdf to be downloaded into my library along with the item.
At Step 2, the pdf name appears at the top of the share menu with 'options'. By default, 'automatic' is checked; if I change that to 'pdf', zotero then disappears from the share menu.
So it looks like it's something related to the share menu no longer recognising zotero as a pdf downloader? I don't recall that 'options' box being there in the previous iOS.
Saving from a PDF — like this one — is working for me in build 129.
"Options" should be set to Automatic. You shouldn't touch that.
Such as
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/172230/pdf
Works ok if they’re on open access.
screenshot here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/13TkeeS0sua0JKYffcbQVOiuiCw8a9K0i/view?usp=sharing
Ends up in library as link only.
It must be something about this type of pdf, but it’s new, and specific to Zotero, as I can share them to PDF viewer. No problems saving from connector in chrome.
Sorry!