[android-developers] Re: Android PDF Rendering

2011-08-18 Thread LackeySoft
Writing your own parser/renderer is not a trivial task, particularly when it gets to putting images into a pdf. I just discovered PDFJet... I'm playing with it now, it's simple and has a lot of functionality. I don't think annotations are in there yet though. Their open-source version doesn't

Re: [android-developers] Re: Android PDF Rendering

2011-08-18 Thread Mark Murphy
On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 2:11 PM, LackeySoft g...@lackeysoft.com wrote: Writing your own parser/renderer is not a trivial task, particularly when it gets to putting images into a pdf. I just discovered PDFJet... I'm playing with it now, it's simple and has a lot of functionality.  I don't

[android-developers] Re: Android PDF Rendering

2011-08-18 Thread LackeySoft
Errr, correct, no parsing... that would explain a lack of annotation ability as well. Parsing would be half of the project :) Since I only create PDF from scratch and expect the user to have a PDF reader installed, I didn't think about it... good thing we have you around Mark! Are you sure

Re: [android-developers] Re: Android PDF Rendering

2011-08-18 Thread Mark Murphy
On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 3:06 PM, LackeySoft g...@lackeysoft.com wrote: Are you sure iText doesn't parse?  I've stopped working with it but it sure seemed to have everything... Oh, iText parses -- I was just referring to PDFJet. Neither renders, though. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy)

[android-developers] Re: Android PDF Rendering

2011-08-17 Thread Mark Murphy
Redirecting this back to the list... On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 6:30 AM, TestApp App testing.iapp...@gmail.com wrote: iText is a parser, not a renderer. Ohh - Its my mistake - i miss-understood. Can you please suggest any pointers for addressing PDF file rendering stuff in Android... Launch a

[android-developers] Re: Android PDF Rendering

2011-08-17 Thread TestApp App
Thanks Mark Launch a third-party PDF viewer. This worked very nicely on the Web for many years. I am able to launch PDF using 3rd party PDF viewer - but i do not want to open that way - Once PDF file gets open i want to add custom features like add comments or draw circle etc.. (Like: RepliGo

Re: [android-developers] Re: Android PDF Rendering

2011-08-17 Thread Mark Murphy
On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 6:51 AM, TestApp App testing.iapp...@gmail.com wrote: I am able to launch PDF using 3rd party PDF viewer - but i do not want to open that way - Once PDF file gets open i want to add custom features like add comments or draw circle etc.. (Like: RepliGo Reader) You are

Re: [android-developers] Re: Android PDF Rendering

2011-08-17 Thread TestApp App
Ok. Thanks You. Any pointer or suggestion regarding developing/starting PDF renderer / PDF viewer stuff... greatly appreciated - thank you. On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 4:31 PM, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.comwrote: On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 6:51 AM, TestApp App testing.iapp...@gmail.com wrote: