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Deval Patel
Deval Patel

Reputation: 780

android load local(in Asset/Res/External Storage) pdf file in webview

I want to display pdf file in webview.
I try using this code it displays blank page.
File retrieve perfacly but not display in webView.
Put screen shoot of webview displays webview when i run the application.
display blank webview. like this....

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private WebView view;
Uri path;

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);

        view = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webView);
        File file = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory()
                .getAbsolutePath() + "/Documents/MyPDFFILE.pdf");
        path = Uri.fromFile(file);
        view.setContentDescription("application/pdf");
        view.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
        view.getSettings().setLoadsImagesAutomatically(true);
        view.getSettings().setPluginsEnabled(true);
        view.getSettings().setAppCacheEnabled(true);
        view.loadUrl(path.toString());

        // view.loadUrl("http://grail.cba.csuohio.edu/~matos/notes/cis-493/lecture-notes/Android-Chapter10-WebKit.pdf");
    }

Upvotes: 3

Views: 5263

Answers (1)

user370305
user370305

Reputation: 109247

Because, Android WebView doesn't support PDF file functionality. And WebView cannot render PDFs.

The URL you posted on your comments it displayed pdf file in native web browser because of it uses Google Docs.

If you want to display pdf file in your webview then using Google Docs pass url of your pdf file which located on server not in your local.

Update: Code for display pdf file located on net in webview.

WebView webview = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webview);
webview.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true); 
String pdf = "http://www.xxxx.com/xxxx/xxxx.pdf";
webview.loadUrl("http://docs.google.com/gview?embedded=true&url=" + pdf);

Upvotes: 4

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