[android-developers] Re: Android PDF Rendering
Writing your own parser/renderer is not a trivial task, particularly when it gets to putting images into a pdf. I just discovered PDFJet... I'm playing with it now, it's simple and has a lot of functionality. I don't think annotations are in there yet though. Their open-source version doesn't support a few things like word-wrapping, but their commercial licensing is only $297 (at least for the little guys like me) iText costs a small fortune (several thousand $) to use for commercial apps, although it does have much more functionality than PDFJet, like forms and encryption. This massive library seems to support everything PDF, including annotations. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: Android PDF Rendering
On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 2:11 PM, LackeySoft g...@lackeysoft.com wrote: Writing your own parser/renderer is not a trivial task, particularly when it gets to putting images into a pdf. I just discovered PDFJet... I'm playing with it now, it's simple and has a lot of functionality. I don't think annotations are in there yet though. Their open-source version doesn't support a few things like word-wrapping, but their commercial licensing is only $297 (at least for the little guys like me) Except that PDFJet is not a parser/renderer, at least from what I can see on their Web site: PDFjet is a programming library that enables universal reporting in your web or desktop application -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Warescription: Three Android Books, Plus Updates, One Low Price! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: Android PDF Rendering
Errr, correct, no parsing... that would explain a lack of annotation ability as well. Parsing would be half of the project :) Since I only create PDF from scratch and expect the user to have a PDF reader installed, I didn't think about it... good thing we have you around Mark! Are you sure iText doesn't parse? I've stopped working with it but it sure seemed to have everything... Except that PDFJet is not a parser/renderer, at least from what I can see on their Web site: PDFjet is a programming library that enables universal reporting in your web or desktop application -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://github.com/commonsguyhttp://commonsware.com/blog|http://twitter.com/commonsguy Warescription: Three Android Books, Plus Updates, One Low Price! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: Android PDF Rendering
On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 3:06 PM, LackeySoft g...@lackeysoft.com wrote: Are you sure iText doesn't parse? I've stopped working with it but it sure seemed to have everything... Oh, iText parses -- I was just referring to PDFJet. Neither renders, though. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Warescription: Three Android Books, Plus Updates, One Low Price! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: Android PDF Rendering
Redirecting this back to the list... On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 6:30 AM, TestApp App testing.iapp...@gmail.com wrote: iText is a parser, not a renderer. Ohh - Its my mistake - i miss-understood. Can you please suggest any pointers for addressing PDF file rendering stuff in Android... Launch a third-party PDF viewer. This worked very nicely on the Web for many years. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy _The Busy Coder's Guide to *Advanced* Android Development_ Version 2.0 Available! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: Android PDF Rendering
Thanks Mark Launch a third-party PDF viewer. This worked very nicely on the Web for many years. I am able to launch PDF using 3rd party PDF viewer - but i do not want to open that way - Once PDF file gets open i want to add custom features like add comments or draw circle etc.. (Like: RepliGo Reader) On Aug 17, 3:34 pm, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote: Redirecting this back to the list... On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 6:30 AM, TestApp App testing.iapp...@gmail.com wrote: iText is a parser, not a renderer. Ohh - Its my mistake - i miss-understood. Can you please suggest any pointers for addressing PDF file rendering stuff in Android... Launch a third-party PDF viewer. This worked very nicely on the Web for many years. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://github.com/commonsguyhttp://commonsware.com/blog|http://twitter.com/commonsguy _The Busy Coder's Guide to *Advanced* Android Development_ Version 2.0 Available! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: Android PDF Rendering
On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 6:51 AM, TestApp App testing.iapp...@gmail.com wrote: I am able to launch PDF using 3rd party PDF viewer - but i do not want to open that way - Once PDF file gets open i want to add custom features like add comments or draw circle etc.. (Like: RepliGo Reader) You are welcome to try writing your own PDF renderer, I suppose. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy _The Busy Coder's Guide to *Advanced* Android Development_ Version 2.0 Available! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: Android PDF Rendering
Ok. Thanks You. Any pointer or suggestion regarding developing/starting PDF renderer / PDF viewer stuff... greatly appreciated - thank you. On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 4:31 PM, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.comwrote: On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 6:51 AM, TestApp App testing.iapp...@gmail.com wrote: I am able to launch PDF using 3rd party PDF viewer - but i do not want to open that way - Once PDF file gets open i want to add custom features like add comments or draw circle etc.. (Like: RepliGo Reader) You are welcome to try writing your own PDF renderer, I suppose. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy _The Busy Coder's Guide to *Advanced* Android Development_ Version 2.0 Available! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
