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Tech Joe
Tech Joe

Reputation: 33

PDF not showing in a WebView

I have an App in which I want to show a PDF file in a WebView. I have tried to do this 

webview = (WebView)findViewById(R.id.webview);
        progressbar = (ProgressBar) findViewById(R.id.progressbar);
        String filename =**"My Firebase PDF Url"**;
        webview.loadUrl("https://docs.google.com/gview?embedded=true&url=" + filename);

webview.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient() {
   public void onPageFinished(WebView view, String url) {
           progressbar.setVisibility(View.GONE);
            }
   });
}

But when I run the App it shows a white screen. Does anybody know what's wrong? I am using a PDF download URL from firebase as "My Firebase PDF Url"

Upvotes: 1

Views: 9584

Answers (3)

akash kumar
akash kumar

Reputation: 1

private void downloadPdfFromInternet(String url, final String dirPath, final String fileName) {
    PRDownloader.download(
            url,
            dirPath,
            fileName
    ).build().start(new OnDownloadListener() {
        @Override
        public void onDownloadComplete() {
            File downloadedFile = new File(dirPath, fileName);
            progressBar.setVisibility(View.GONE);
            showPdfFromFile(downloadedFile);
        }

        @Override
        public void onError(Error error) {
            Toast.makeText(mContext,
                    "Error in downloading file : $error",
                    Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
        }
    });


    PRDownloader.download(
            url,
            dirPath,
            fileName
    ).build();

}

private void showPdfFromFile(File file) {
    pdfView.fromFile(file)
            .password(null)
            .defaultPage(0)
            .enableSwipe(true)
            .swipeHorizontal(false)
            .enableDoubletap(true)
            .load();
}

As Android Decline PDF view from webview, so you can prefer this link

https://github.com/eduxcellence/PDFViewer/find/master

Upvotes: 0

Sudhi
Sudhi

Reputation: 413

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String pdf = "https://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/pdfs/pdf_open_parameters.pdf";
            wvPDF.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);

            wvPDF.loadUrl("https://docs.google.com/gview?embedded=true&url=" + pdf);

            wvPDF.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient() {
                public void onPageFinished(WebView view, String url) {
                }
            });

Its working for me, Please make sure you have Internet permission and use https://docs.google.com/gview?embedded=true&url=

Upvotes: 7

Saikrishna Rajaraman
Saikrishna Rajaraman

Reputation: 3273

Try adding these settings to webview,

        webview.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
        webview.getSettings().setAllowFileAccessFromFileURLs(true);
        webview.getSettings().setAllowUniversalAccessFromFileURLs(true);
        webview.getSettings().setBuiltInZoomControls(true);
        webview.setWebChromeClient(new WebChromeClient());

Upvotes: 0

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