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src/app/pages/chat/messages/messages.page.ts

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import { SessionStore } from 'src/app/store/session.service';
 import { ViewMediaPage } from 'src/app/modals/view-media/view-media.page';
 import { File } from '@awesome-cordova-plugins/file/ngx';
 import { FileOpener } from '@awesome-cordova-plugins/file-opener/ngx';
-import { Filesystem, Directory } from '@capacitor/filesystem';
+import { Filesystem, Directory, Encoding } from '@capacitor/filesystem';
 import { NewEventPage } from '../../agenda/new-event/new-event.page';
 import { NotificationsService } from 'src/app/services/notifications.service';
 import { RochetChatConnectorService } from 'src/app/services/chat/rochet-chat-connector.service'
@@ -1106,11 +1106,8 @@ export class MessagesPage implements OnInit, AfterViewInit, OnDestroy {
   }
 
   async openFile(pdfString, filename, type) {
-    const blob = this.b64toBlob(pdfString, type)
-    console.log(blob)
     let pathFile = ''
     const fileName = filename
-    const contentFile = blob
     if (this.platform.is('ios')) {
       pathFile = this.file.documentsDirectory
     } else {
@@ -1122,13 +1119,16 @@ export class MessagesPage implements OnInit, AfterViewInit, OnDestroy {
     await Filesystem.writeFile({
       path: fileName,
       data: pdfString,
-      directory: Directory.Data,
+      directory: Directory.Cache,
+      encoding: Encoding.UTF8,
     }).then((dir) => {
       console.log('DIR ', dir)
       this.fileOpener
         .open(dir.uri, type)
         .then(() => console.log())
         .catch(e => console.error(e))
+    }).catch((error) => {
+      console.log('error writing the file', error)
     });
   }
 

src/app/services/chat/message.service.ts

@@ -448,6 +448,8 @@ export class MessageService {
     let downloadFile = "";
     this.AttachmentsService.downloadFile(this.file.guid).subscribe(async (event) => {
 
+      console.log('download file',event)
+
       if (event.type === HttpEventType.DownloadProgress) {
 
       } else if (event.type === HttpEventType.Response) {
@@ -456,6 +458,7 @@ export class MessageService {
         } else if (this.file.type != "application/img") {
 
           downloadFile = new Uint8Array(event.body).reduce((data, byte) => data + String.fromCharCode(byte), '');
+          console.log('downloaded file', downloadFile)
 
         }