Creating PDF in android using iText library

Add dependency for itext library in your build.gradle.

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(); }

Create your custom font for your pdf using FontFamily.

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();

Add paragraph in your document using add method.

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;

}

}}

manish choudhary 1 June 2017

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Creating PDF in android using iText library

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