Saving PDF to Android

[JumboBeef]

Sorry if this is a really basic/stupid question:

I have received a PDF attached to an email. I can open it but can't see how to save it to the phone. HTC M8 if it makes a difference.

Thanks.

[james_tigerwoods]

JumboBeef said:

Sorry if this is a really basic/stupid question:

I have received a PDF attached to an email. I can open it but can't see how to save it to the phone. HTC M8 if it makes a difference.

Thanks.

I have the same phone - usually just opening it will download it. Have you looked in your downloads folder?

[LordGrover]

I suspect it depends on your email client. On my nexus 5 lollipop the gmail app has three dots by the attachments. One of the options is to save which saves a copy in the Downloads folder.

[JumboBeef]

I have, it's not there. Only PDFs viewed/downloaded from the www are in there for me. Thanks.

[JumboBeef]

Standard email client which came with the phone.

[james_tigerwoods]

This is what I see using the gmail client:

[JumboBeef]

Mine. No option to save:

[ZesPak]

What happens if you press the "12 attachments" indicator?

[JumboBeef]

ZesPak said:

What happens if you press the "12 attachments" indicator?

It opens up all the PDFs, which you can then view. But you can't save them.....

[deckster]

JumboBeef said:

Mine. No option to save:

Just to be clear, that is the menu for the email and not the attachment.

I know you then go on to say that there is option to save on the attachment either, but can you post a screenshot anyway?

[ZesPak]

JumboBeef said:

ZesPak said:

What happens if you press the "12 attachments" indicator?

It opens up all the PDFs, which you can then view. But you can't save them.....

Could you take a screenshot? If you open the pdf, how bout a "long press" to bring up a menu?

[JumboBeef]

Yes to the first question.

Click on the attachments, you are faced with 12 PDFs which you can open, nothing else. Then no option to save, except to adobe.com

Can't really post a screen shot, to much info in the PFFs' names.

[JumboBeef]

Long press does nothing.

[smiffy180]

What email app are you using?
And what sort of email address do you have? (@gmail/ @hotmail etc)

[JumboBeef]

Sorry for the slow reply.

The app is just the standard email thingy that came with the M8.

POP using my own domain.

[eps]

I've got an M7 so it should be mostly the same....

As you've found, if you press on the attachment it downloads it (this will be downloaded on to your device) to the downloads directory on your phone. This can be viewed using File Explorer or similar (which you would need to download from Google Play).

Alternatively you can then press on the downloaded file which should be displayed as 100% or just the file size and it should give you an option to Complete action using and you may well have a PDF Viewer of some description installed but this will only allow you to View the file. You can install Polaris Office, free I think, - or you may already have this installed and then you can Save As.. (it's top left on the App, once the file is downloaded and opened).

HTH

[ZesPak]

I know this might not be the best solution, but the gmail app also allows regular POP mail.
Configure your e-mail in that one if it bothers you that much.

I think it's a great mail app (on both iOS and Android).

[smiffy180]

JumboBeef said:

Sorry for the slow reply.

The app is just the standard email thingy that came with the M8.

POP using my own domain.

Have you tried the outlook.com app?
When I download PDF's they save to the download forlder on my phone.
From there I'll use B1 archiver to move it into another folder of my choice

[JumboBeef]

Finally got this sorted:

Opened each PDF up, and then followed the 'print' route. I could then 'print' to file. I then had a job finding where the little buggers had gone but found then in the end.

Thanks for all the help/replies

[tenohfive]

Having read that I can't help but think that something is being missed. That sounds like a way of doing it, but much more long winded than any other Android phone I've used (I've had a few.)

When you press the '12 attachments,' bit, rather than single pressing the one you want does a context menu come up if rather than opening it you long press it instead? That's where I'd expect it to be. But as others have said, if you've got it open it will be saved somewhere anyway - it might not be the 'downloads,' folder, it could be hidden somewhere slightly more obscure - but it will be there.