Read a pdf file from assets folder
Try this
public class SampleActivity extends Activity
{
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
CopyReadAssets();
}
private void CopyReadAssets()
{
AssetManager assetManager = getAssets();
InputStream in = null;
OutputStream out = null;
File file = new File(getFilesDir(), "abc.pdf");
try
{
in = assetManager.open("abc.pdf");
out = openFileOutput(file.getName(), Context.MODE_WORLD_READABLE);
copyFile(in, out);
in.close();
in = null;
out.flush();
out.close();
out = null;
} catch (Exception e)
{
Log.e("tag", e.getMessage());
}
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
intent.setDataAndType(
Uri.parse("file://" + getFilesDir() + "/abc.pdf"),
"application/pdf");
startActivity(intent);
}
private void copyFile(InputStream in, OutputStream out) throws IOException
{
byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
int read;
while ((read = in.read(buffer)) != -1)
{
out.write(buffer, 0, read);
}
}
}
Make sure to include
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
in manifest
You can do it like this (tested and working on API 27)
Step 1
Add following dependency in your app gradle:
implementation 'com.github.barteksc:android-pdf-viewer:2.8.2'
Step 2
Add following XML code:
<com.github.barteksc.pdfviewer.PDFView
android:id="@+id/pdfv"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
</com.github.barteksc.pdfviewer.PDFView>
Step 3
Add following code in your java file:
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
PDFView pdfView;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
pdfView=findViewById(R.id.pdfv);
pdfView.fromAsset("filename.pdf").load();
}
}
These changes will load a PDF file on creation of your activity.
Though this has been answered, I wanted to share my solution as I think it is a bit easier to include.
Usage:
new OpenLocalPDF(context, 'nameOfPDFStoredInAssets').execute()
And here is the OpenLocalPDF
class:
public class OpenLocalPDF {
private static String TAG = OpenLocalPDF.class.getSimpleName();
private WeakReference<Context> contextWeakReference;
private String fileName;
public OpenLocalPDF(Context context, String fileName) {
this.contextWeakReference = new WeakReference<>(context);
this.fileName = fileName.endsWith("pdf") ? fileName : fileName + ".pdf";
}
public void execute() {
Context context = contextWeakReference.get();
if (context != null) {
new CopyFileAsyncTask().execute();
}
}
private class CopyFileAsyncTask extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, File> {
final String appDirectoryName = BuildConfig.APPLICATION_ID;
final File fileRoot = new File(Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(
Environment.DIRECTORY_DOCUMENTS), appDirectoryName);
@Override
protected File doInBackground(Void... params) {
Context context = contextWeakReference.get();
AssetManager assetManager = context.getAssets();
File file = new File(fileRoot, fileName);
InputStream in = null;
OutputStream out = null;
try {
file.mkdirs();
if (file.exists()) {
file.delete();
}
file.createNewFile();
in = assetManager.open(fileName);
Log.d(TAG, "In");
out = new FileOutputStream(file);
Log.d(TAG, "Out");
Log.d(TAG, "Copy file");
copyFile(in, out);
Log.d(TAG, "Close");
in.close();
out.flush();
out.close();
return file;
} catch (Exception e)
{
Log.e(TAG, e.getMessage());
}
return null;
}
private void copyFile(InputStream in, OutputStream out) throws IOException
{
byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
int read;
while ((read = in.read(buffer)) != -1)
{
out.write(buffer, 0, read);
}
}
@Override
protected void onPostExecute(File file) {
super.onPostExecute(file);
Context context = contextWeakReference.get();
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
intent.setDataAndType(
Uri.fromFile(file),
"application/pdf");
context.startActivity(intent);
}
}
}
add this permission in Manifest.xml
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />