How come Android doesn't have a built in PDF viewer?

Wild Bill@midwest.social to Android@lemmy.world – 77 points –

Forgive me for this stupid question. I just transitioned from iPhone to Pixel (GrapheneOS) and I'm curious why there isn't a built in PDF viewer like on iPhone? It feels like you have to open things externally pretty often, but I figure there's a reason for that. I haven't used Android in many years and I recently developed an interest for the technical aspects of things, so again, do forgive this beginners question.

Cheers y'all!

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You really should ask this in

http://discuss.grapheneos.org/

https://lemmy.ml/c/grapheneos.

It's a very helpful community. Someone will either explain why or point you to a FAQ. I bet it has something to do with the built in reader being insecure.

Edited... I totally gave the wrong url. Sorry. Corrected.