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How to save a PDF from any Android WebView
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package android.print; | |
import android.os.CancellationSignal; | |
import android.os.ParcelFileDescriptor; | |
import android.util.Log; | |
import java.io.File; | |
public class PdfPrint { | |
private static final String TAG = PdfPrint.class.getSimpleName(); | |
private final PrintAttributes printAttributes; | |
public PdfPrint(PrintAttributes printAttributes) { | |
this.printAttributes = printAttributes; | |
} | |
public void print(PrintDocumentAdapter printAdapter, final File path, final String fileName) { | |
printAdapter.onLayout(null, printAttributes, null, new PrintDocumentAdapter.LayoutResultCallback() { | |
@Override | |
public void onLayoutFinished(PrintDocumentInfo info, boolean changed) { | |
printAdapter.onWrite(new PageRange[]{PageRange.ALL_PAGES}, getOutputFile(path, fileName), new CancellationSignal(), new PrintDocumentAdapter.WriteResultCallback() { | |
@Override | |
public void onWriteFinished(PageRange[] pages) { | |
super.onWriteFinished(pages); | |
} | |
}); | |
} | |
}, null); | |
} | |
private ParcelFileDescriptor getOutputFile(File path, String fileName) { | |
if (!path.exists()) { | |
path.mkdirs(); | |
} | |
File file = new File(path, fileName); | |
try { | |
file.createNewFile(); | |
return ParcelFileDescriptor.open(file, ParcelFileDescriptor.MODE_READ_WRITE); | |
} catch (Exception e) { | |
Log.e(TAG, "Failed to open ParcelFileDescriptor", e); | |
} | |
return null; | |
} | |
} |
The empty file problem is because of the webview rendering time. The pdfPrint method finishes writing to the file even before the webView finishes rendering. I decided to render the webview underneath, before clicking the button to call pdfPrint. So that will allow time for the webview to render.
can you elaborate on that, do i have to use setWebviewClient and onPageFinished??, while i have tried that, the webview never reaches the onPageFinished and pdf is never loaded in webview, how am i supposed to send the pdf for printing?
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@marlonngalvao do you have sample gist for this?