PDF reader app - Android Studio Tutorial

     DESCRIPTION     

This tutorial is about:
✓Create PDF app.
✓Display Specific or all pages from PDF
✓Display PDF from Assets folder.
✓Add padding between pages
✓Passwords
✓Scroll PDF pages vertically or Swipe horizontally.

     VIDEO     

     SOURCE CODE     

Step 1: Create a new project OR Open your project

Step 2: Add following library in build.gradle(Module:app) 

 implementation 'com.github.barteksc:android-pdf-viewer:3.0.0-beta.5'

Step 3: Create Assets folder and place a pdf file in that folder.

Step 4: Code

build.gradle(Module:app)

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android {
    compileSdkVersion 27
    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "com.blogspot.atifsoftwares.pdfapp"
        minSdkVersion 16
        targetSdkVersion 27
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
        testInstrumentationRunner "android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
    }
    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        }
    }
}

dependencies {
    implementation fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
    implementation 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:27.1.1'
    implementation 'com.android.support.constraint:constraint-layout:1.1.0'
    testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
    androidTestImplementation 'com.android.support.test:runner:1.0.1'
    androidTestImplementation 'com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.0.1'

    //add library here
    implementation 'com.github.barteksc:android-pdf-viewer:3.0.0-beta.5'
}

activity_main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    tools:context=".MainActivity">

    <com.github.barteksc.pdfviewer.PDFView
        android:id="@+id/pdfView"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"/>

</LinearLayout>

MainActivity.java

package com.blogspot.devofandroid.pdfapp;

import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import com.github.barteksc.pdfviewer.PDFView;
import com.github.barteksc.pdfviewer.util.FitPolicy;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        //PDF View
        PDFView pdfView = findViewById(R.id.pdfView);
        pdfView.fromAsset("pdfexample.pdf")
                .enableSwipe(true) // allows to block changing pages using swipe
                .swipeHorizontal(true)
                .enableDoubletap(true)
                .defaultPage(0)
                .enableAnnotationRendering(false) // render annotations (such as comments, colors or forms)
                .password(null)
                .scrollHandle(null)
                .enableAntialiasing(true) // improve rendering a little bit on low-res screens
                // spacing between pages in dp. To define spacing color, set view background
                .spacing(0)
                .pageFitPolicy(FitPolicy.WIDTH)
                .load();
    }
}

Step 5: Run Project

Output