I would like to generate a PDF usgin data from my databse to a preset PDF template. The question will be, do you think or is it possible to send data or generate this pdf to a template using Android or do you think it is best to send the data to a server and have the server generate the PDF instead?
I know that Android can generate a PDF, but the bigger question will be can it insert data into a layout template and then generate it?
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I'm trying to develop an android app which displays the images stored in a database hosted on a server . As of now , i'm using Firebase , which supports only text and i'm storing the url of the image to be displayed in my app .
Are there any other options for me to store images on the internet and retrieve them in my App ?
You can encode the images themselves using Base64 and storing them directly. But what you are doing is usually the best option.
To learn how to encode images to Base64, see here:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/9224180/5935255
I am developing an app in which i am saving some data in book format.
I need to show data in same format or pdf format in mobile. i have read about itextpdf but its too costly for me to use as commercial use..
is there any other way to show data in book format in android app or in pdf format
use iText java jar to make own pdf or use android native api PdfDocument PLease go through the link give below
https://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/pdf/PdfDocument.html
I am new to android. I am creating a mobile app in android studio which contains a lot of PDF file views for the users using app. I decided to store those PDF files in a server. But i don't know to how retrieve the files on my the app.Is there any way to retrieve the PDF on our app from the local server..
Hoping for reply..
Just store the pdf files on your server using Multipart Post multipart request with Android SDK and then retrieve those files and store them in phone. Then you can use a filemanager https://github.com/nexes/Android-File-Manager to select and open the file.
For opening pdf you have to fire the intent which will open pdf file by using a preinstalled app or if you want to open by your app then there are several libraries like muPDF library, iText library(Java Library).
I want to know if it is possible to create a html file as a background process while showing a temporary html file on screen. After downloading necessary files from server and creating/generating the new html file, i want to know how to put that newly created file into view? I am currently working on creating a html file but couldn't find a way to do it.
To be more clear, what I am trying to make is an app which will communicate with a server and get some media objects from it. (e.g text,rss feed, movies, images ..) That app will be the client side of server. It will serve as a digital signage application. However i couldn't figure out how to represent layouts with android. I don't know if it is possible to make it but what is on my mind is making a html file for each layout and show it through WebView.
Any idea or suggestion will be so helpful.
So I want to store a string on my website and then have my app download it, so I could use it in a layout. How could I do that? I there a way I can take html files and have android read that text? or can I store a .txt and have android convert that to a string?
Thanks
If I understand you correctly, you could just put the string inside of a file that your web server will serve up for you (maybe omit the extension altogether). You can then download it from an android app using the file's url.
It seems like you might want to look into JSON, it will facilitate storing structured data instead of just a string.
Here is an example of downloading a url from an Android program.