# PDF\_Reader component not working

**URL:** https://community.thunkable.com/t/pdf-reader-component-not-working/552721
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X
**Created:** [April 2, 2020, 11:48pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/pdf-reader-component-not-working/552721 "2020-04-02T23:48:10Z")
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### Author: ![jared](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/jared/32/138473_2.png) [@jared](https://community.thunkable.com/u/jared)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2020, 1:51pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/pdf-reader-component-not-working/552721/4 "2020-04-30T13:51:12Z")

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The pdf viewer doesn’t work well for me. Instead I use the webviewer.

> [@How can I view pdf file using PDF Reader in thunkable X?](http://community.thunkable.com/t/how-can-i-view-pdf-file-using-pdf-reader-in-thunkable-x/563178/6):
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> @adie.0951 @wavcow Hey all! Here is a video (no audio) on how i am currently viewing PDF’s in my apps. weird though. the PDF viewer makes my iphone crash no matter how I view a PDF. If i load it dynamically through a URL or via an asset stored on the phone

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