PDF Library for Android - PDFBox? [closed]

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Wich libraries exists to use to draw PDF files on Android?

I found PDFBox, that is a JSE Library, and want to know if somehow it can be used to draw the PDFs on Android.

I know Android converts Standard bytecodes into Dalvik Bytecodes, but how it will convert classes like BufferedImage that the framework can convert PDF Files into?

Any suggestion is helpfully, even for paid libraries.

Scleroderma answered 10/5, 2011 at 15:35 Comment(5)

What do you wan't to do is creating pdf or just showing pdf ? – Abnegate 10/5, 2011 at 15:53

Showing. The content come from the editors. – Scleroderma 10/5, 2011 at 17:5

PDFBox is not suitable #8981168 – Scenography 25/1, 2012 at 2:11

PDFTron released an android library, it's superb but not its not free. – Snowfall 3/2, 2012 at 18:56

RadaePDF lib also is available. – Scleroderma 15/7, 2015 at 13:15

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PDF read/writing is a big problem for Android. A quick search on Stackoverflow will reveal many developers looking for solutions. So far, the most popular solution is to use a webview and use the google docs engine to render the PDF

A second solution, which is a little less 'hacky' is to use one of these android pdf libraries

Canaille answered 10/5, 2011 at 16:23 Comment(4)

All these solutions are licensed under GPL, and I need it for commercial use. And I need to have control over the document, so I can't use the google docs engine. – Scleroderma 19/5, 2011 at 22:50

iText has a commercial Android licence - itextpdf.com/terms-of-use – Dexter 12/8, 2011 at 15:0

From iText support staff -- iText is a PDF creator and not a viewer. – Superstratum 9/12, 2011 at 6:38

Page not found for the second refered link – Langur 23/4, 2015 at 13:21

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If you are an indie developer, you can try PlugPDF. They offer their Android PDF library for free for independent developers and for personal use. http://plugpdf.com/

Disclaimer: I am the Founder & CEO at ePapyrus Inc. which runs plugpdf.com.

Boondoggle answered 30/4, 2014 at 12:19 Comment(1)

why did this get a -1? – Resemble 8/5, 2014 at 14:39

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RadaePDF also does offer a Android PDF rendering engine.

http://mupdf.com/ released a Android library to PDF reading & writing, it's really very good.

It's a GPL open-source project, but they do commercial licenses.

Scleroderma answered 25/6, 2012 at 14:48 Comment(0)

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There is a relative new library http://www.androidpdf.mobi/. It has a one time licence per Android Package Name and worked ok for us, especially for the price.

Torso answered 26/6, 2013 at 11:9 Comment(1)

Nice, i'll take a look on that – Scleroderma 28/6, 2013 at 20:11

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It is a bit expensive but I believe that Adobe Mobile SDK is your product (not open source though)

Alecto answered 9/3, 2012 at 22:5 Comment(1)

I already used Adobe Reader Mobile SDK (RMSDK) at one project, but it's license is a bit expensive to afford general uses on other projects. – Scleroderma 15/3, 2012 at 17:29

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Qoppa have some Android libraries - have you had a look at them?

Frederik answered 13/9, 2011 at 6:55 Comment(2)

I didn't find anything for Android on their website – Scleroderma 13/9, 2011 at 14:46

qoppa.com/android/pdfsdk – Marcelline 26/5, 2012 at 20:55

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