PGN file cannot be opened when sent using WhatsApp

Asked Oct 26 '21 at 15:56

Active Oct 26 '21 at 16:43

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I play chess quite every weekend. After the game, I enter my game moves into Analyze This, and see my errors. Then, I save a PGN file into my Android phone.

Then, I have 2 ways to share it :

I send the PGN file "attached" to an email, and all my colleagues that receive it can re-play it on their "Analyze This" app, clicking on the attached file.
I send it using "WhatsApp" - no way they can play it (even me !) - "You may not have a proper app for viewing this content" is the error message.

Analyze This is v5.4.8. Android is version 11.

Any clue?

edited Oct 26 '21 at 16:43

Andrew T.

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Sebastia.Net

Possibly related/duplicate to understand how WhatsApp works: Why WhatsApp is suddenly unable to open any APK shared by users? – Andrew T. Oct 26 '21 at 16:52
no, it is not the same – Sebastia.Net Nov 10 '21 at 14:10
i can run the APP if I find the file from FileManager, but not if I click on the PGN file in WhatsApp, so it seems related to WhatsApp and not to APK nor Android – Sebastia.Net Nov 10 '21 at 14:11

PGN file cannot be opened when sent using WhatsApp

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