I want to create a word document within an android app and send that document through mail.
Is there any tutorial for creating a word document in android. I have gone through several other questions on this website but i didn't got a clear answer.
can we do this on Android using Apache POI.
If any any sample example exist then please mention.
Thanks in advance.
You can use any Java library in Android, so I do think this would be the way you could accomplish what you want (using Apache POI).
You can send the attachment by adding it as an extra to the Intent you use to create a mail message (lots of examples of that).
Apache POI looks your best bet, but note that the component that deals with Word docs only supports simple files:
HWPF and XWPF for Word Documents
HWPF is our port of the Microsoft Word 97 (-2003) file format to pure Java. It supports read, and limited write capabilities. It also provides simple text extraction support for the older Word 6 and Word 95 formats. Please see the HWPF project page for more information. This component remains in early stages of development. It can already read and write simple files.
We are also working on the XWPF for the WordprocessingML (2007+) format from the OOXML specification. This provides read and write support for simpler files, along with text extraction capabilities.
You should seriously consider whether you can use a different format for your emails - plain text, or maybe HTML.
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I want to build an android app which has word file as an input. I should be able to read from the word file and display the text. Text should retain all the formatting of the word file. For example is some text is colored red in word file , app should also display it as red colored text.
2 different libraries comes to my mind on handling microsoft office stuff are Apache POI and docx4j. Have you tried them on your purpose, because they have good API support for retrieving data from documents.
I used Apache POI for excel sheet and I know that it has a good api support for word doc too, but I heard that docx4j is better in handling word documents.
Some links you might check : for Apache POI Validating and reading a Word file in Android
for more info on word documents : What's a good Java API for creating Word documents?
Also please check following link if you are going with Apache POI; you might fail on adding library to your project.. Trying to port Apache POI to Android
I am able to read the xls document but I don't know how to display it in my application. Do anyone have idea how to display MS Document files using apache poi library?
I have tried searching on google, everywhere only how to read document is mentioned not how to display these document. I don't want to modify the data inside document,Just want to display it.
Thanks in advance
The Apache POI library does not display documents in Android. It is for reading and writing those files, not displaying them. Quoting the mission statement:
The Apache POI Project's mission is to create and maintain Java APIs for manipulating various file formats based upon the Office Open XML standards (OOXML) and Microsoft's OLE 2 Compound Document format (OLE2). In short, you can read and write MS Excel files using Java. In addition, you can read and write MS Word and MS PowerPoint files using Java. Apache POI is your Java Excel solution (for Excel 97-2008). We have a complete API for porting other OOXML and OLE2 formats and welcome others to participate.
I have an iOS App localized (with Localizable.strings files).
I've built now an Android version. I understand the way the i18n is made on android but I would like to avoid redoing the i18n, as almost all the Strings have the same meaning between iOS and Android.
Are there any tools that will do this conversion, or at least speed up the process?
Edit:
Ideally I would like to find a method/tool that would do the following
Input:
'iOS Localizable.strings files-(en,fr,it,pt,etc)'
'res/values/strings.xml'
Output:
'res/values-en/strings.xml'
'res/values-fr/strings.xml'
'res/values-it/strings.xml'
'res/values-pt/strings.xml'
'res/values-etc/strings.xml'
There is a specialised service here: Loco.
There are threads here on SO which deal with conversation:
Are there any tools to convert an Iphone localized string file to a string resources file that can be used in Android?
Any tool to convert Android's XML localization to iPhone's .strings file?
Another possiblity would be to use an online translation service. These services accepts text not only in Android and iPhone but also in many other formats. Upload the android text and download the iPhone text. A list of available services can be found on SO, see Any collaborative tool/website to localize an Android app? Some of these services are commercial, but even these provide a 30days test period. But note that the main focus is on translation and not on conversation.
Here is some code that does that: https://github.com/wrapp/LocalizedStrings2Android
Put it in a jar and it is ready to use.
You can use this tool I created on JSFiddle:
https://jsfiddle.net/danielgindi/x9njj9gj/
[StackOverflow requires me to write some code here because of the JSFiddle link]
Just paste in your localization strings inside the correct box, and you'll get the converted version in the other boxes (Between Android, iOS, and JS).
This tries to preserve comments too.
Cheers!
I'm looking for code to read MS Office PPT on Android, is there anyone interested in sharing the code?
You might want to take a look at Apache POI - the Java API for Microsoft Documents
The Apache POI Project's mission is to create and maintain Java APIs for manipulating various file formats based upon the Office Open XML standards (OOXML) and Microsoft's OLE 2 Compound Document format (OLE2). In short, you can read and write MS Excel files using Java. In addition, you can read and write MS Word and MS PowerPoint files using Java.
http://poi.apache.org/
I found an useful Url here:
http://code.google.com/p/display-msoffice-docs-android-with-apache-poi/source/checkout
there are some trial library about Ms-office on Android http://code.google.com/p/android-office-demo/downloads/list
Is there a definitive method of creating either a PDF or a MS Word Doc file within the app and email it immediately (and possibly, also store it).
I have been trying for quite some time and have found out the JAVA libraries: apwlibrary and iText. But both of them dont provide any tutorials of sorts.
Could anyone point me in the right direction?
EDIT: Come to think of it, is could an online PDF generator be used, first by sending the data to the service, then retrieve the result and save it on the phone?
I would recommend apache fop http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/
you can use standard FOP to generate pdf.
Unless it is a core feature of your device to create a pdf file I would suggest not to do it yourself. Adding PDF creation is going to be quite a lot of work potentially depending on your performance needs. Java libraries will be easier to add but less performant. Native libraries combined with Java will be more hazzle to maintain build and bug fixing wise.
If you just need to email some information why dont you create a message text in html and use a intent to email it with the build in email program instead? Or if you want you could e.g. put the PDF generation on a server and just email a link..
I'm working right now with JasperReports, an open source library to create reports in Java and export them to PDF, DOC, XLS... Using it in conjunction with iReport to create a group of templates makes it really easy to create files filled with content from different types of sources (I'm using JavaBeans).
If you don't like the idea of having static templates (That's a bit annoying depending on your needs), you can always take a look at DynamicJasper (The examples on the website are great).
Good Luck!
I have used Apache POI. It seemed to work well. http://poi.apache.org/
This actually, http://poi.apache.org/hwpf/