Creating PDF in android using iText library

Add dependency for itext library in your build.gradle.

compile 'com.itextpdf:itextpdf:5.0.6'

1	compile 'com.itextpdf:itextpdf:5.0.6'

Create file path to store the pdf file in your device.

 String fpath = "/sdcard/" + fname + ".pdf";
 File file = new File(fpath); 
 if (!file.exists()) { 
 file.createNewFile(); }

String fpath = "/sdcard/" + fname + ".pdf";

File file = new File(fpath);

if (!file.exists()) {

file.createNewFile(); }

Create your custom font for your pdf using FontFamily.

Font bfBold12 = new Font(Font.FontFamily.TIMES_ROMAN, 
                12, Font.BOLD, new BaseColor(0, 0, 0));

1 2	Font bfBold12 = new Font(Font.FontFamily.TIMES_ROMAN, 12, Font.BOLD, new BaseColor(0, 0, 0));

Create an instance of document class.

Document document = new Document();
PdfWriter.getInstance(document,
new FileOutputStream(file.getAbsoluteFile()));
document.open();

Document document = new Document();

PdfWriter.getInstance(document,

new FileOutputStream(file.getAbsoluteFile()));

document.open();

Add paragraph in your document using add method.

document.add(new Paragraph("My First Pdf !"));
document.add(new Paragraph("Hello World"));

1 2	document.add(new Paragraph("My First Pdf !")); document.add(new Paragraph("Hello World"));

Create the following class “MyPdf.java” . I assume that the code is pretty much self-explaining. I tried to add lots of comments to make it easier to understand.

 public class MyPdf {
  //write method takes two parameter pdf name and content
  //return true if pdf successfully created
        public Boolean write(String fname, String fcontent) {
            try {
            //Create file path for Pdf
                String fpath = "/sdcard/" + fname + ".pdf";
                File file = new File(fpath);
                if (!file.exists()) {
                    file.createNewFile();
                }
              // To customise the text of the pdf
              // we can use FontFamily
                Font bfBold12 = new Font(Font.FontFamily.TIMES_ROMAN, 
                12, Font.BOLD, new BaseColor(0, 0, 0));
                Font bf12 = new Font(Font.FontFamily.TIMES_ROMAN,
                 12);
            // create an instance of itext document
                Document document = new Document();
                PdfWriter.getInstance(document,
                 new FileOutputStream(file.getAbsoluteFile()));
                document.open();
           //using add method in document to insert a paragraph
                document.add(new Paragraph("My First Pdf !"));
                document.add(new Paragraph("Hello World"));
           // close document   
                document.close();
                return true;
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
                return false;
            } catch (DocumentException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
                return false;
            }
        }}

public class MyPdf {

//write method takes two parameter pdf name and content

//return true if pdf successfully created

public Boolean write(String fname, String fcontent) {

try {

//Create file path for Pdf

String fpath = "/sdcard/" + fname + ".pdf";

File file = new File(fpath);

if (!file.exists()) {

file.createNewFile();

}

// To customise the text of the pdf

// we can use FontFamily

Font bfBold12 = new Font(Font.FontFamily.TIMES_ROMAN,

12, Font.BOLD, new BaseColor(0, 0, 0));

Font bf12 = new Font(Font.FontFamily.TIMES_ROMAN,

12);

// create an instance of itext document

Document document = new Document();

PdfWriter.getInstance(document,

new FileOutputStream(file.getAbsoluteFile()));

document.open();

//using add method in document to insert a paragraph

document.add(new Paragraph("My First Pdf !"));

document.add(new Paragraph("Hello World"));

// close document

document.close();

return true;

} catch (IOException e) {

e.printStackTrace();

return false;

} catch (DocumentException e) {

e.printStackTrace();

return false;

}

}}

manish choudhary 1 June 2017

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Creating PDF in android using iText library

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