Bug 167283 - Can't open/view/edit files
Summary: Can't open/view/edit files
Status: NEEDINFO
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Android Viewer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
25.2.4.3 release
Hardware: All Android
: medium normal
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Reported: 2025-06-28 15:20 UTC by byebortybibe@roadrunner.com
Modified: 2026-01-17 22:48 UTC (History)
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Description byebortybibe@roadrunner.com 2025-06-28 15:20:15 UTC
Files list displays for items on phone and on Google drive. However, tapping does not open them. Can't open any file. I checked the FAQ, couldn't find anything useful there. Tried selecting the experimental option. Didn't help.
Comment 1 Michael Weghorn 2025-06-30 06:00:14 UTC
Some questions:

1) Is the "Files list" you refer to a file manager app or is that (also) the case when trying to open files from within the app, i.e. starting LibreOffice Viewer and then tapping on "Select File to Open"?

Both ways should work, but some file managers don't pass the files correctly, which could be related here.

2) Does anything happen when you tap on a file (like some error message being shown) or is there simply no observable reaction at all?

3) What's your Android version?

4) How did you install LibreOffice Viewer (Google Play/F-Droid?)?

5) Does uninstalling and reinstalling the app make any difference?
Comment 2 QA Administrators 2025-12-28 03:20:14 UTC
Dear byebortybibe@roadrunner.com,

This bug has been in NEEDINFO status with no change for at least
6 months. Please provide the requested information as soon as
possible and mark the bug as UNCONFIRMED. Due to regular bug
tracker maintenance, if the bug is still in NEEDINFO status with
no change in 30 days the QA team will close the bug as INSUFFICIENTDATA
due to lack of needed information.

For more information about our NEEDINFO policy please read the
wiki located here:
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If you have already provided the requested information, please
mark the bug as UNCONFIRMED so that the QA team knows that the
bug is ready to be confirmed.
 
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Comment 3 Susan Graybill 2026-01-17 22:48:05 UTC
Previously .odp files could be opened (Read Only) with an Android phone. 

An .odp file created today, Jan 17, 2026, cannot be opened on that same Android phone, even though the first screen is displayed in the email with "filename.odp, then a download arrow, then "Upload to Drive" icon."

If I click on the filename, the phone hangs with a screen that seemingly portrays individual frames without any data; and states above "Read Only - To make changes, save a copy of this file into a Microsoft Office file format. ... button to 'Save a Copy' ... button to 'Dismiss'".

[There is another "Read Only - Save a coy to edit" with the same 2 buttons. This option is not important to me.]

There are several people (including my husband), important in several organizations, that need to be able the .odp files that I send them! NOTE: My LibreOffice has been rercently updated!!

Seems this bug needs to be changed to NEEDINFO.