Does Capacitor writeFIle only write strings to txt files?

[wekas]

I am trying to write a pdf to file on an android device with data either as blob or base64 but the Capacitor writeFile only seems to accept a string as data and creates a text document.
When I gave it a base64 string it just dumped it into the file as text.

Is there any way to write a file using blob or base64 or will I have to give up and convert my project back to Cordova?

https://capacitor.ionicframework.com/docs/apis/filesystem

[reedrichards]

Linked with: https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/capacitor-writefile-saving-pdf-file-is-in-invalid-format

[wekas]

Solved:
Remove the encoding parameter.
See:

Capacitor writeFile - Saving pdf file is in invalid format

You sir are a genius! I would buy you a beer if you were in my timezone Great idea to look at the code. I got it working. I just needed to remove the UTF8 encoding. So… If you look at the docs here (https://capacitor.ionicframework.com/docs/apis/filesystem/#type-401) It says that the encoding defaults to UTF8, so I didn’t think removing it would make any difference. However looking at the code in the link you sent it defaults to plain text if you provide a value in encoding. Char…