

Hope that this information is helpful to others as frustrated as this made it here. Then, opened file manager again, completed the process again and it worked to set Foxit as the default PDF app as far a chrome was concerned.

Note, other File Managers such as ESFileExplorer offer the option to set "open with" but, while the ES setting worked for opening pdf files with most other apps, it did not work when Chrome opened a PDF file.Īpps/Foxit/OpenByDefault/Other/ClearDefaultsĪnd following that downloaded a file using chrome and observed that chrome had elected to use it's default PDF viewer after clearing the foxit default/ Subsequently, Chrome will open PDF files in your default PDF reader.Remember to tap "Always" before clicking the desired PDF reader icon.From there, you can pick your default browser, call redirecting, caller ID, digital assistant, home launcher, phone, and SMS. Choose your default reader in "File Manager" Go into your Settings app, select Apps, and then go into Default apps.

