I just started using text for an app I am working on to further my android knowledge. However what I cannot figure out is how to get the pdf which was filled and then email it using the intent. I have been googling and researching everywhere but I cannot find anything. Does anyone know how to go about it?
declaration of my file before my onCreate;
File file = new File(getExternalFilesDir(null),"pvgform.pdf");
This is part of my code to add info to the fillable pdf text
OutputStream output = null;
try {
output = new FileOutputStream(file);
} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
try {
reader = new PdfReader(getResources().openRawResource(R.raw.form));
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
try {
PdfStamper stamper = new PdfStamper(reader, output);
AcroFields acroFields = stamper.getAcroFields();
acroFields.setField("fullname", editText.getText().toString());
acroFields.setField("agedob", editText2.getText().toString());
acroFields.setField("description", editText3.getText().toString() + editText4.getText().toString() + editText5.getText().toString());
acroFields.setField("duration", editText6.getText().toString());
acroFields.setField("brandname", editText8.getText().toString());
acroFields.setField("genericname", editText9.getText().toString());
stamper.setFormFlattening(true);
stamper.close();
} catch (DocumentException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
reader.close();
and this is my attempt on the email intent for the pdf form:
Intent email = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
email.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "My form");
email.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "Here is a form");
Log.d("file",file.getAbsolutePath());
Uri uri = Uri.fromFile(file);
email.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM,uri);
email.setType("application/pdf");
email.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
when I run this, there is no attachment to the email to be sent.
This is part of my code to add info to the fillable pdf text
You do not appear to be writing the PDF to a file.
and this is my attempt on the email intent for the pdf form:
Uri uri=Uri.parse("file://"+ "form.pdf");
This is not a valid Uri on any platform.
Write your PDF to a file, such as on external storage. Then, use a Uri that resolves to that file, using Uri.fromFile() to convert your File object into the appropriate Uri.
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I am Printing Pdf using Google Cloud Printing from my Storage of my phone. i want to use pdf URL by replacing this. How to use URL?
For Example: i want to replace /print/test.pdf" to "www.example.com/print/test.pdf"
File file = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getAbsolutePath()+"/print/test.pdf");
Intent printIntent = new Intent(MainActivity.this,PrintDialogActivity.class);
printIntent.setDataAndType(Uri.fromFile(file),"application/pdf");
printIntent.putExtra("title", "Android print demo");
startActivity(printIntent);
Download http://central.maven.org/maven2/commons-io/commons-io/2.4/commons-io-2.4.jar and paste it to your libs folder in Android Studio. Open your Gradle file and inside the dependencies add this "compile files('libs/commons-io-1.3.2.jar')"
URL url = null;
try {
url = new URL("http://www.cbu.edu.zm/downloads/pdf-sample.pdf");
} catch (MalformedURLException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
String tDir = System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir");
String path = tDir + "tmp" + ".pdf";
File file = new File(path); file.deleteOnExit();
try {
FileUtils.copyURLToFile(url, file);
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
Intent printIntent = new Intent(MainActivity.this,
PrintDialogActivity.class);
printIntent.setDataAndType(Uri.fromFile(file),
"application/pdf");
printIntent.putExtra("title", "Android print demo");
startActivity(printIntent);
I want to open a pdf file when inside the application(internal storage).I have the following code.But once adobe pdf is opened it shows a pop up error as " The document path is not valid".Is it not possible to only read a pdf file from inside the app? If not please let me know how can I copy it to the external storage.Thanks in advance
File file_source = new File(getApplicationContext().getFilesDir()+"/"+"sample.pdf");
String string = "Hello world!";
try
{
file_source.createNewFile();
FileOutputStream outputStream;
outputStream = openFileOutput("sample.pdf", Context.MODE_PRIVATE);
outputStream.write(string.getBytes());
outputStream.close();
if(file_source.exists())
{
Uri path = Uri.fromFile(file_source);
Intent intent1 = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
intent1.setDataAndType(path, "application/pdf");
intent1.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP);
try {
startActivity(intent1);
}
catch (ActivityNotFoundException e) {
Toast.makeText(this,
"No Application Available to View PDF",
Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
Intent intent2 = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
startActivity(intent2);
}
}
else
{
Log.d("TAG","no file exists");
}
}
catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
Log.d("TAG","File not found");
}
catch (IOException ioe) {
Log.d("TAG","Exception while reading file" + ioe);
}
Files in the internal storage directory of your app are by default private to your application. Which means that no PDF-Reader app can read that file (since it doesn't run with your apps pid - no read permission is given).
You have to save that PDF with explicit reading permissions for other apps by using the Context.MODE_WORLD_READABLE flag.
Also use Context.openFileOutput() and Context.openFileInput() to read and write files in your internal directory . Don't hardcode paths like this, they might change.
You can copy the file from internal storage to external storage by below code.
try {
String file_name="inputpdf.pdf";
File tempfile = new File(directory, file_name);
FileInputStream inStream = new FileInputStream(tempfile);
//where ctx is your context (this)
FileOutputStream fos = ctx.openFileOutput("Outputpdf", ctx.MODE_WORLD_WRITEABLE|ctx.MODE_WORLD_READABLE);
byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
int length;
//copy the file content in bytes
while ((length = inStream.read(buffer)) > 0){
fos.write(buffer, 0, length);
}
inStream.close();
fos.close();
} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}catch(Exception e){
e.printStackTrace();
}
I try to open a PDF in my application.
First, I create the PDF like that :
String filename = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().toString()+"/mypdf.pdf";
File file = new File(filename);
try {
FileOutputStream bos = new FileOutputStream(file);
bos.write(Base64.decode(base64, 0));
bos.flush();
bos.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
Log.e(TAG, "IOError with PDF");
e.printStackTrace();
}
Intent intent = new Intent(this, PdfActivity.class);
intent.putExtra("file", filename);
startActivity(intent);
The file is well created and readable, I can open this with ESExplorer application.
This file is located in /storage/emulated/0/myfile.pdf
in the PdfActivity I try to open the PDF :
Bundle extras = getIntent().getExtras();
String url = extras.getString("file");
File file = new File(url);
try {
if (file.exists()) {
Uri path = Uri.parse(url);
Intent objIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
objIntent.setDataAndType(path, "application/pdf");
objIntent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP);
startActivity(objIntent);
} else {
Toast.makeText(this, "File NotFound", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
} catch (ActivityNotFoundException e) {
Toast.makeText(this, "No Viewer Application Found", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
file.exists() return true, Intent start, but my PDF reader says : "File not found"
I've added read and write permissions on external storage.
Does someone have any idea why it can't access to my file ?
objIntent.setDataAndType(url, "application/pdf");
use above line in your second snippest also declare String url as a global variable hope it will help you if it will not work try to use hardcode value of file path and see is it working or not ?
and are you sure file is exist? check this scenario tooo :)
I found the solution.
I've replace the Uri like that:
Uri path = Uri.fromFile(file);
And it works!
I have written a simple application to view pictures. However, after sending the picture with the common intent:
Intent shareIntent = new Intent();
shareIntent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
shareIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, Uri.parse("URLSTRING"));
shareIntent.setType("image/jpeg");
mActivity.startActivity(Intent.createChooser(shareIntent, "SHARE"));
The picture can be successfully sent if I chose Google hangout. But it is deleted after that!
Tested with other file manager application (root explorer) and it is the same behavior!
However, sent picture with GooglePlusGallery application does not seem to have this problem.
What is the trick? How to avoid the picture to be deleted?
I had the same problem with Hangouts. It seems that it deletes the file even if it doesn't succeed to send it, thus always copy the file to a new temp file before calling the intent.
I had the same issue, I believe exposing a ContentProvider instead that an uri could solve.
Same problem here. My app didn't even have storage write permissions, so I'm assuming Hangouts actually is deleting the images.
So instead of sharing the file directly, i make a copy first.
Here's the full solution:
Bitmap bm = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(filePath); // original image
File myImageToShare = saveToSD(bm); // this will make and return a copy
if (myImageToShare != null) {
Intent shareIntent = new Intent();
shareIntent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
shareIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, Uri.fromFile(myImageToShare));
shareIntent.setType("image/jpeg");
context.startActivity(Intent.createChooser(shareIntent, "Share using"));
}
private File saveToSD(Bitmap outputImage){
File storagePath = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() + yourTempSharePath);
storagePath.mkdirs();
File myImage = new File(storagePath, "shared.jpg");
if(!myImage.exists()){
try {
myImage.createNewFile();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
} else {
myImage.delete();
try {
myImage.createNewFile();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
try {
FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(myImage);
outputImage.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.JPEG, 100, out);
out.flush();
out.close();
return myImage;
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
return null;
}
}
I created a class openPDF which takes a byte array as input and displays the PDF file with Adobe Reader. Code:
private void openPDF(byte[] PDFByteArray) {
try {
// create temp file that will hold byte array
File tempPDF = File.createTempFile("temp", ".pdf", getCacheDir());
tempPDF.deleteOnExit();
FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(tempPDF);
fos.write(PDFByteArray);
fos.close();
Intent intent = new Intent();
intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
Uri uri = Uri.fromFile(tempPDF);
intent.setDataAndType(uri, "application/pdf");
intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP);
startActivity(intent);
} catch (IOException ex) {
String s = ex.toString();
ex.printStackTrace();
}
}
When I pass the intend , the error from adobe reader is "Invalid file path". I read all other posts related to downloading and viewing PDF in android but dint help much. Any suggestions?
I think the issue is that other apps have no access to the files in your app's private data area (like the cache dir).
Candidate solutions:
changing the file's mode to MODE_WORLD_READABLE so that it can be read by other apps
...
String fn = "temp.pdf";
Context c = v.getContext();
FileOutputStream fos = null;
try {
fos = c.openFileOutput(fn, Context.MODE_WORLD_READABLE);
fos.write(PDFByteArray);
} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
// do something
} catch (IOException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
if (fos!=null) {
try {
fos.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
Intent intent = new Intent();
intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
String filename = c.getFilesDir() + File.separator + fn;
File file = new File(filename);
Uri uri = Uri.fromFile(file);
intent.setDataAndType(uri, "application/pdf");
intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP);
startActivity(intent);
...
or write the pdf file to the /sdcard partition.
you can use android.os.Environment API to get the path, and remember to add the permission to your app's AndroidManifest.xml file.
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
Regards
Ziteng Chen
I made this code to open an especific .pdf file existing in Dowloads folder with Adobe's application
File folder = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(), "Download");
File pdf = new File(folder, "Test.pdf");
Uri uri = Uri.fromFile(pdf);
PackageManager pm = getPackageManager();
Intent intent = pm.getLaunchIntentForPackage("com.adobe.reader");
intent.setDataAndType(uri, "application/pdf");
startActivity(intent);
It works for me. So i guess your problem can be the temprorary file. Try to write the file to sdcard. To do this you will need add android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE to your AndroidManifest.xml.