PDF-View - Show PDF files in your own app

[Marco Nissen]

Nice

How to read PDF file online by this library ???

You can download a PDF and use the library to display it ... so what is your question actually?

 

[Adie]

Hi Manfred
OK, I do not have an issue paying for the lib as long as I can make it scroll via code.

My PDF is 1 page (210mm x 9 meter long- Rally Navigation roadbook) The scrolling will be controlled from an external controller via USB. no Touch screen will be available.

I have posted this question on the general B4A forum as well before I saw this lib.

Regards
Adie

 

[DonManfred]

You can send me a link to the pdf and i´ll create an example using it if you want.
I send you the apk then to test

 

[Adie]

Link to the project. the PDF is included in the ZIP

http://filegooi.co.za/get2/2c6bcb6ed5245dd20938f50381d92152/RallyNav.zip

I included the project to show what I've done. This code is basically just copy and paste from samples to test everything before I 'really' start.

the UP and Down buttons will be removed once all debugging is done.

NOTE --- THE CODE MIGHT NOT COMPILE DUE TO THE SUBTLE DIFFERENCE IN THE PDF LIB --

Adie

 

[DonManfred]

NOTE

I tried my lib with your pdf.... At some places it is rendering FINE, but most of the viewed pdf don´t get rendered "sharp". Does not look good.

But i rewrote @icefairy333 lib a bit to include the .so directly and recompiled again. It is working showing your pdf.

BUT: i did reverse engineering to do all this. As long as @icefairy333 not allow to publish it i will not share this new version.

Minus: i don´t know how it should work to scroll the pdf just by code.

But the renderings are looking really good with it

 

[Adie]

Ok, I asked for Icefairy's consent to modify his lib.

** his original reply to me **
sorry I donot use that a long time,so I have lost the code of the library..maybe you can ask help from others.
** end **

** snip **
Minus: i don´t know how it should work to scroll the pdf just by code.
** snap **
1. Does this imply that it might not be possible ?
2. did the rendering with your lib produce the suspect quality?

Thanks for your assistance.

Adie

 

[DonManfred]

sorry I donot use that a long time,so I have lost the code of the library..maybe you can ask help from others.

Ok, good to know. But i´ll get this answer from him personally about this. Your quote is not a valid approvement for me to release a lib which is based on reverse engineering.

1. Does this imply that it might not be possible ?

i did not saw any method which looks like a scrolling by code... there is only a method to "scroll to a specific page". But that´s all. Mayb i missed something

2. did the rendering with your lib produce the suspect quality?

Not the quality as seen in my screenshot above. That´s what i said with

but most of the viewed pdf don´t get rendered "sharp". Does not look good.

 

[DonManfred]

Honestly: after i played the evening with the b4apdfviewer lib and comparing the results to my lib. I would give the 1st price to icefairys lib!

 

[Adie]

1 No problem, I think it is the correct way. I also included a link to this page on my email to him to get him 'up to speed'.

2 I also did not see a scrollTo or suchlike method in his lib. It could be that the 'master' object miss that method.

The other lib I evaluated had a class module with a 'computeScroll' method.

** snip **
Public Sub PDFReaderView_ComputeScroll
If vPDF == Null Then
Return
End If
vPDF.ComputeScroll
End Sub
** Snap **

My eval source attached, use same PDF. BE CAREFUL a) The project use the same name, I just use different folders. b) the lib name is also the same name as Icefairy's but does not compile. The lib is a massive 5Mb and have Radaee watermark. also downloaded from the B4A lib thread.

The other option would be to 'fire' the scroll event from code. In windows with C++ it's easy but I'm new to Android.

Adie

 

[DonManfred]

my email to him to get him 'up to speed'.

He gave the permission yesterday. You can find new release here.

 

[DonManfred]

As of my release of the remake of icefairy333´s PDFViewer library
this library will be no longer maintained. I think the quality of ices PDFViewer is much better.

I told Erel to move the Thread to the old Libraries-Forum

 

[ykucuk]

Application stop when i try view corrupted file. is there any way to handle such a file. Users download pdf files from internet and sometimes it can be broke while downloading.

Any help

 

[DonManfred]

There is nothing you can do. Sorry

 

[carycai]

can anyone download the lib and example code? i find the link is broken.

 

[luciano deri]

can anyone download the lib and example code? i find the link is broken.