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    This tutorial will help you to generate a PDF file in Android. Follow below steps to generate PDF file.

     

    Step 1 :- First download .jar files from following URL and put it into your application's libs folder.

    Download URL:- https://www.dropbox.com/s/ir76ssy5b3ins22/itextpdf-5.3.3.jar?dl=0

     

    Step 2 :- Open application build.gradle file and add this itexpdf-5.3.3.jar file as dependency library in it.

    1. dependencies {
    2.  
    3.  compile files('libs/itextpdf-5.3.3.jar') 
    4.  
    5. }

     

    Step 3 :- Now write a code to generate a PDF file, open you MainActivity.java class and add following code in activity onCreate() method.

    1. // Destination Folder and File name
    2. String FILE = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().toString()
    3. +"/PDF/"+"EvonTech.pdf";
    4.  
    5.  
    6. // Add this permission into Manifest.xml to write PDF file in device external storage
    7. //  <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>
    8.  
    9. // Create New Blank Document
    10.  Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4);
    11.  
    12. // Create Directory in External Storage
    13.  
    14. String root = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().toString();
    15. File myDir = new File(root + "/PDF");
    16. myDir.mkdirs();    
    17.  
    18. // Create Pdf Writer for Writting into New Created Document
    19. PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(FILE));
    20.  
    21. // Open Document for Writting into document
    22. document.open();    
    23.  
    24. // User Define Method
    25. addMetaData(document);    
    26. addTitlePage(document);
    27.  
    28. // Close Document after writting all content
    29. document.close();

     

    Step 4 :- We will create a new method addDocumentProperties(Document document), in this method, we will define document properties such as file title, subject, keywords etc.

    1. // Set PDF document Properties
    2. public void addDocumentProperties(Document document){
    3.  
    4. document.addTitle("EvonTechnology");
    5. document.addSubject("Details");
    6. document.addKeywords("Android development, IOS development, Web development");
    7. document.addAuthor("Evon");
    8. document.addCreator("Tech");
    9.  
    10. }

     

    Step 5 :- We will create another method called addTitlePage(Document document). In this method, we will define document font style, add some tables to show data vertically and will add a new paragraph .
     

    1. public void addTitlePage(Document document) throws DocumentException {
    2.         // Font Style for Document
    3.         Font catFont = new Font(Font.FontFamily.TIMES_ROMAN, 18, Font.BOLD);
    4.         Font titleFont = new Font(Font.FontFamily.TIMES_ROMAN, 22, Font.BOLD
    5.                 | Font.UNDERLINE, BaseColor.GRAY);
    6.         Font smallBold = new Font(Font.FontFamily.TIMES_ROMAN, 12, Font.BOLD);
    7.         Font normal = new Font(Font.FontFamily.TIMES_ROMAN, 12, Font.NORMAL);
    8.  
    9.         // Start New Paragraph
    10.         Paragraph prHead = new Paragraph();
    11.         
    12.         // Set Font in this Paragraph
    13.         prHead.setFont(titleFont);
    14.  
    15.         // Add item into Paragraph
    16.         prHead.add("EvonTechnology\n");
    17.  
    18.         // Create Table into Document with 1 Row
    19.         PdfPTable myTable = new PdfPTable(1);
    20.  
    21.         // 100.0f mean width of table is same as Document size
    22.         myTable.setWidthPercentage(100.0f);
    23.  
    24.         // Create New Cell into Table
    25.         PdfPCell myCell = new PdfPCell(new Paragraph(""));
    26.         myCell.setBorder(Rectangle.BOTTOM);
    27.  
    28.         // Add Cell into Table
    29.         myTable.addCell(myCell);
    30.  
    31.         prHead.setFont(catFont);
    32.         prHead.add("\nInformation Technology\n\n");
    33.         prHead.setAlignment(Element.ALIGN_CENTER);
    34.  
    35.         // Add all above details into Document
    36.         document.add(prHead);
    37.         document.add(myTable);
    38.  
    39.         document.add(myTable);
    40.  
    41.         // Now Start another New Paragraph
    42.         Paragraph prPersinalInfo = new Paragraph();
    43.         prPersinalInfo.setFont(smallBold);
    44.         prPersinalInfo.add("India\n\n");
    45.         prPersinalInfo.add("Uttrakhand\n\n");
    46.         prPersinalInfo.add("City: Dehradun. State: UK\n\n");
    47.         prPersinalInfo.add("Country: India, Zip Code: 480001\n\n");
    48.         prPersinalInfo
    49.                 .add("Mobile: 9999999999 Fax: 1111111 Email: test123@gmail.com \n\n");
    50.  
    51.         prPersinalInfo.setAlignment(Element.ALIGN_CENTER);
    52.  
    53.         document.add(prPersinalInfo);
    54.         document.add(myTable);
    55.  
    56.         document.add(myTable);
    57.  
    58.         Paragraph prProfile = new Paragraph();
    59.         prProfile.setFont(smallBold);
    60.         prProfile.add("\n \n Profile : \n ");
    61.         prProfile.setFont(normal);
    62.         prProfile.add("\n This is a pure leading IT company.");
    63.  
    64.         prProfile.setFont(smallBold);
    65.         document.add(prProfile);
    66.  
    67.         // Create new Page in PDF
    68.         document.newPage();
    69.     }
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