Android create and print pdf from layout view

Question

I am trying to create PDF file from xml layout view. I have a listview in that layout, adding items and setting height based on child. PDF is creating but not filling the whole page. What I have tried is,

 PdfDocument.PageInfo pageInfo = new PdfDocument.PageInfo.Builder(2250, 1400, 1).create();

        // start a page
        PdfDocument.Page page = document.startPage(pageInfo);


        // draw something on the page
        LayoutInflater inflater = (LayoutInflater)
                getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
        View content = inflater.inflate(R.layout.pdf_layout, null);

        content.measure(2250, 1400);
        content.layout(0,0, 2250, 1400);

        tvName = (TextView)content.findViewById(R.id.tvName);
        tvDate = (TextView)content.findViewById(R.id.tvDate);
        tvAge = (TextView)content.findViewById(R.id.tvAge);
        tvGender = (TextView)content.findViewById(R.id.tvGender);
        tvPhone = (TextView)content.findViewById(R.id.tvPhone);
        lvList = (ListView)content.findViewById(R.id.lvList);
        lvList.setAdapter(adapter);
        Utils.setListViewHeight(lvList, CreatePDFDemo.this);

        tvName.setText(name);
        tvAge.setText(age + "Y");
        tvGender.setText(gender);
        tvPhone.setText(phone);

        content.draw(page.getCanvas());

        // finish the page
        document.finishPage(page);
        // add more pages
        // write the document content
        try {
            document.writeTo(output);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

This its output is like this image,

How can I write layout view covering full width of pdf page?

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 29 '17 at 20:43

Change to this,

        int measureWidth = View.MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(page.getCanvas().getWidth(), View.MeasureSpec.EXACTLY);
        int measuredHeight = View.MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(page.getCanvas().getHeight(), View.MeasureSpec.EXACTLY);

        content.measure(measureWidth, measuredHeight);
        content.layout(0, 0, page.getCanvas().getWidth(), page.getCanvas().getHeight());

This will get page full height and width.

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 03 '18 at 09:52

Use [PrintContent] (https://developer.android.com/reference/android/support/v4/print/PrintHelper.html)!

 // Get the print manager.
PrintHelper printHelper = new PrintHelper(this);

// Set the desired scale mode.
printHelper.setScaleMode(PrintHelper.SCALE_MODE_FIT);

// Get the bitmap for the ImageView's drawable.
Bitmap bitmap = ((BitmapDrawable) mImageView.getDrawable()).getBitmap();

// Print the bitmap.
printHelper.printBitmap("Print Bitmap", bitmap);

it only printing one page and how to solve this problem if layout is more than one page length? — , Mar 06 '18 at 05:30

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 31 '20 at 17:37

I made a library to achieve this objective (Getting PDF from layout view).

The main code snippet is with the proper documentation -

 PdfGenerator.getBuilder()
                        .setContext(context)
                        .fromLayoutXMLSource()
                        .fromLayoutXML(R.layout.layout_print,R.layout.layout_print)
            /* "fromLayoutXML()" takes array of layout resources.
             * You can also invoke "fromLayoutXMLList()" method here which takes list of layout resources instead of array. */
                        .setDefaultPageSize(PdfGenerator.PageSize.A4)
            /* It takes default page size like A4,A5. You can also set custom page size in pixel
             * by calling ".setCustomPageSize(int widthInPX, int heightInPX)" here. */
                        .setFileName("Test-PDF")
            /* It is file name */
                        .setFolderName("FolderA/FolderB/FolderC")
            /* It is folder name. If you set the folder name like this pattern (FolderA/FolderB/FolderC), then
             * FolderA creates first.Then FolderB inside FolderB and also FolderC inside the FolderB and finally
             * the pdf file named "Test-PDF.pdf" will be store inside the FolderB. */
                        .openPDFafterGeneration(true)
            /* It true then the generated pdf will be shown after generated. */
                        .build(new PdfGeneratorListener() {
                            @Override
                            public void onFailure(FailureResponse failureResponse) {
                                super.onFailure(failureResponse);
                /* If pdf is not generated by an error then you will findout the reason behind it
                 * from this FailureResponse. */
                            }

                            @Override
                            public void showLog(String log) {
                                super.showLog(log);
                /*It shows logs of events inside the pdf generation process*/ 
                            }

                            @Override
                            public void onSuccess(SuccessResponse response) {
                                super.onSuccess(response);
                /* If PDF is generated successfully then you will find SuccessResponse 
                 * which holds the PdfDocument,File and path (where generated pdf is stored)*/
                
                            }
                        });

Kazi Abdullah Al Mamun · Answer 4 · 2018-04-04T15:21:34.653

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Try to convert your layout into image then set that image to PDF. read this, maybe you will get some idea. Convert view to PDF

edited Apr 04 '18 at 15:21

answered Apr 30 '17 at 03:35

Kazi Abdullah Al Mamun

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