If you're having trouble downloading files from Chrome, there are a few things you can try to fix the issue. Here are 10 ways to fix Chrome not downloading files on Android.

Tried opening a PDF file only to be told the file won't load? It's probably not corrupted but needs to opened using a reader not a browser.

Learn how to disable or enable Two-page View mode for PDF files in Google Chrome PDF viewer, by following the instructons laid down in this post.

However, sometimes Google Chrome may block files that you know are safe or that you intentionally want to download. In this case, you can manually stop Google Chrome from blocking downloads.

This is especially true of PDF files since Chrome can't open them natively and thus hands them over to other applications, the default being Google Drive's PDF viewer.

To view the entire document without downloading it, open it with the relevant Google Doc app (for example, Google Docs for .docx files) or a third-party app. You can open these options by clicking ...