In my Xamarin.Android App I am using a WebView to display a website:
AXML:
<LinearLayout
android:id="@+id/auditStructurUseCaseLinearLayout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_weight="1">
<WebView
android:id="@+id/auditWebview"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" />
</LinearLayout>
Fragment.cs:
_webview.SetWebViewClient(new ExtendWebViewClient());
WebSettings webSettings = _webview.Settings;
webSettings.JavaScriptEnabled = true;
webSettings.DisplayZoomControls = false;
webSettings.BuiltInZoomControls = true;
_webview.LoadUrl(URL);
ExtendWebViewClient:
internal class ExtendWebViewClient : WebViewClient
{
public override bool ShouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, string url)
{
view.LoadUrl(url);
return true;
}
}
This works well for normal websites. I can navigate inside awebsite and can use it like a normal browser.
Problem: I want to display PDFs which are embedded inside a website. Today's browser come with PDF Plugins to display PDF, so the question is, is there a kind of PDF Plugin for the WebView or am I missing some settings to display a PDF inside a Website?
If I try to open websites with PDF, the website asks for a PDF-Viewer.
Translation: Unfortunately, the PDF can not be displayed because you do not have a PDF viewer. You can download the PDF here. 
Unfortunately, the download-button is functionless aswell.
Or maybe someone has another approach which does not use a WebView.
EDIT:
I tried using _webview.SetWebChromeClient(new WebChromeClient()); but this opens the the Chrome App. So I tried to use WebViewClient and ChromeViewClient like suggested in this question.
WebSettings webSettings = _webview.Settings;
webSettings.JavaScriptEnabled = true;
webSettings.DisplayZoomControls = false;
webSettings.BuiltInZoomControls = true;
webSettings.SetSupportMultipleWindows(true);
_webview.SetWebChromeClient(new WebChromeClient());
_webview.SetWebViewClient(new ExtendWebViewClient());
But this leads to the same problem as described.
from Android WebView: Display Website with PDF
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