From b509235fb7743fd2753d07a1ac6a321966022a94 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ngoc Le <ngoc1997307@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2026 18:27:24 +0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix(android): preserve encoded content URIs

---
 index.js | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 50d437a9..73b34cc7 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@ export default class Pdf extends Component {
                 const isNetwork = !!(uri && uri.match(/^https?:\/\//));
                 const isAsset = !!(uri && uri.match(/^bundle-assets:\/\//));
                 const isBase64 = !!(uri && uri.match(/^data:application\/pdf;base64/));
+                const isContentUri = !!(uri && uri.match(/^content:\/\//i));
 
                 const filename = source.cacheFileName || SHA1(uri) + '.pdf';
                 const cacheFile = ReactNativeBlobUtil.fs.dirs.CacheDir + '/' + filename;
@@ -291,7 +292,11 @@ export default class Pdf extends Component {
                         });
                 } else {
                     if (this._mounted) {
-                      const localPath = decodeURIComponent(uri.replace(/file:\/\//i, ''));
+                      // Android grants scoped access to the exact content URI. Decoding
+                      // it changes the permission key (for example, %3A becomes :).
+                      const localPath = isContentUri
+                          ? uri
+                          : decodeURIComponent(uri.replace(/file:\/\//i, ''));
                       if (this.props.transformFile) {
                           try {
                               const viewFile = await this._transformToViewFile(localPath);