This tutorial is about downloading a pdf file and viewing it using an Android APP.
In this example we will be downloading the pdf file in the location http://maven.apache.org/maven-1.x/maven.pdf
Pre-Requiste
- Basic Android Knowledge
- Basic Java Knowledge
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MainActivity.java
package com.example.downloadread;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.ActivityNotFoundException;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.AsyncTask;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Environment;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Toast;
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
}
@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
return true;
}
public void download(View v)
{
new DownloadFile().execute("http://maven.apache.org/maven-1.x/maven.pdf", "maven.pdf");
}
public void view(View v)
{
File pdfFile = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() + "/testthreepdf/" + "maven.pdf"); // -> filename = maven.pdf
Uri path = Uri.fromFile(pdfFile);
Intent pdfIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
pdfIntent.setDataAndType(path, "application/pdf");
pdfIntent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP);
try{
startActivity(pdfIntent);
}catch(ActivityNotFoundException e){
Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "No Application available to view PDF", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
}
private class DownloadFile extends AsyncTask<String, Void, Void>{
@Override
protected Void doInBackground(String... strings) {
String fileUrl = strings[0]; // -> http://maven.apache.org/maven-1.x/maven.pdf
String fileName = strings[1]; // -> maven.pdf
String extStorageDirectory = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().toString();
File folder = new File(extStorageDirectory, "testthreepdf");
folder.mkdir();
File pdfFile = new File(folder, fileName);
try{
pdfFile.createNewFile();
}catch (IOException e){
e.printStackTrace();
}
FileDownloader.downloadFile(fileUrl, pdfFile);
return null;
}
}
}
FileDownloader.java
package com.example.downloadread;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URL;
public class FileDownloader {
private static final int MEGABYTE = 1024 * 1024;
public static void downloadFile(String fileUrl, File directory){
try {
URL url = new URL(fileUrl);
HttpURLConnection urlConnection = (HttpURLConnection)url.openConnection();
//urlConnection.setRequestMethod("GET");
//urlConnection.setDoOutput(true);
urlConnection.connect();
InputStream inputStream = urlConnection.getInputStream();
FileOutputStream fileOutputStream = new FileOutputStream(directory);
int totalSize = urlConnection.getContentLength();
byte[] buffer = new byte[MEGABYTE];
int bufferLength = 0;
while((bufferLength = inputStream.read(buffer))>0 ){
fileOutputStream.write(buffer, 0, bufferLength);
}
fileOutputStream.close();
} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (MalformedURLException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}AndroidManifest.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.example.downloadread"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0" >
<uses-sdk
android:minSdkVersion="14"
android:targetSdkVersion="18" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"></uses-permission>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"></uses-permission>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"></uses-permission>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE"></uses-permission>
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
<activity
android:name="com.example.downloadread.MainActivity"
android:label="@string/app_name" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
activity_main.xml
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
tools:context=".MainActivity" >
<Button
android:id="@+id/button1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_marginTop="15dp"
android:text="download"
android:onClick="download" />
<Button
android:id="@+id/button2"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_below="@+id/button1"
android:layout_marginTop="38dp"
android:text="view"
android:onClick="view" />
</RelativeLayout>
