In this demo I have also add the run time permission so you guys don’t need to add the permissions. In getfile() method is created to get the list of pdf files save in android phone. Download source code from here.
AndroidManifest.xml:
ADD THIS PERMISSION IN YOUR MANIFEST
<uses-permission android:name=”android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE” />
Add this Dependency in your Gradle file:
compile ‘com.github.barteksc:android-pdf-viewer:2.0.3’
activity_main.xml:
<?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”utf-8″?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android=”http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android”
xmlns:tools=”http://schemas.android.com/tools”
android:id=”@+id/activity_main”
android:layout_width=”match_parent”
android:layout_height=”match_parent”
android:background=”#efefef”>
<ListView
android:layout_width=”match_parent”
android:id=”@+id/lv_pdf”
android:divider=”#efefef”
android:layout_marginLeft=”10dp”
android:layout_marginRight=”10dp”
android:layout_marginTop=”10dp”
android:layout_marginBottom=”10dp”
android:dividerHeight=”5dp”
android:layout_height=”wrap_content”>
</ListView>
</RelativeLayout>
MainActivity.java:
package com.pdffilefromsdcard;
import android.Manifest;
import android.app.ProgressDialog;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
import android.os.Environment;
import android.support.v4.app.ActivityCompat;
import android.support.v4.content.ContextCompat;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.AdapterView;
import android.widget.ListView;
import android.widget.Toast;
import java.io.File;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
ListView lv_pdf;
public static ArrayList<File> fileList = new ArrayList<File>();
PDFAdapter obj_adapter;
public static int REQUEST_PERMISSIONS = 1;
boolean boolean_permission;
File dir;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
init();
}
private void init() {
lv_pdf = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.lv_pdf);
dir = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getAbsolutePath());
fn_permission();
lv_pdf.setOnItemClickListener(new AdapterView.OnItemClickListener() {
@Override
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> adapterView, View view, int i, long l) {
Intent intent = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), PdfActivity.class);
intent.putExtra(“position”, i);
startActivity(intent);
Log.e(“Position”, i + “”);
}
});
}
public ArrayList<File> getfile(File dir) {
File listFile[] = dir.listFiles();
if (listFile != null && listFile.length > 0) {
for (int i = 0; i < listFile.length; i++) {
if (listFile[i].isDirectory()) {
getfile(listFile[i]);
} else {
boolean booleanpdf = false;
if (listFile[i].getName().endsWith(“.pdf”)) {
for (int j = 0; j < fileList.size(); j++) {
if (fileList.get(j).getName().equals(listFile[i].getName())) {
booleanpdf = true;
} else {
}
}
if (booleanpdf) {
booleanpdf = false;
} else {
fileList.add(listFile[i]);
}
}
}
}
}
return fileList;
}
private void fn_permission() {
if ((ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(getApplicationContext(), Manifest.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED)) {
if ((ActivityCompat.shouldShowRequestPermissionRationale(MainActivity.this, android.Manifest.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE))) {
} else {
ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(MainActivity.this, new String[]{android.Manifest.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE},
REQUEST_PERMISSIONS);
}
} else {
boolean_permission = true;
getfile(dir);
obj_adapter = new PDFAdapter(getApplicationContext(), fileList);
lv_pdf.setAdapter(obj_adapter);
}
}
@Override
public void onRequestPermissionsResult(int requestCode, String[] permissions, int[] grantResults) {
super.onRequestPermissionsResult(requestCode, permissions, grantResults);
if (requestCode == REQUEST_PERMISSIONS) {
if (grantResults.length > 0 && grantResults[0] == PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
boolean_permission = true;
getfile(dir);
obj_adapter = new PDFAdapter(getApplicationContext(), fileList);
lv_pdf.setAdapter(obj_adapter);
} else {
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), “Please allow the permission”, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
}
}
}
adapter_pdf.xml
<?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”utf-8″?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android=”http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android”
android:layout_width=”match_parent”
android:layout_height=”100dp”
android:background=”#FFFFFF”
android:orientation=”horizontal”>
<ImageView
android:id=”@+id/iv_image”
android:layout_width=”90dp”
android:layout_height=”90dp”
android:layout_marginLeft=”10dp”
android:layout_marginTop=”7dp”
android:scaleType=”fitXY”
android:src=”@drawable/pdficon” />
<TextView
android:id=”@+id/tv_name”
android:layout_width=”wrap_content”
android:layout_height=”wrap_content”
android:layout_centerVertical=”true”
android:layout_gravity=”center”
android:layout_marginLeft=”10dp”
android:layout_toRightOf=”@+id/iv_image”
android:ellipsize=”end”
android:maxLines=”1″
android:paddingRight=”10dp”
android:text=”name”
android:textColor=”#000000″
android:textSize=”15dp” />
</RelativeLayout>
PDFAdapter.java:
package com.pdffilefromsdcard;
import android.content.Context;
import android.graphics.Typeface;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.ImageView;
import android.widget.TextView;
import java.io.File;
import java.util.ArrayList;
public class PDFAdapter extends ArrayAdapter<File> {
Context context;
ViewHolder viewHolder;
ArrayList<File> al_pdf;
public PDFAdapter(Context context, ArrayList<File> al_pdf) {
super(context, R.layout.adapter_pdf, al_pdf);
this.context = context;
this.al_pdf = al_pdf;
}
@Override
public int getItemViewType(int position) {
return position;
}
@Override
public int getViewTypeCount() {
if (al_pdf.size() > 0) {
return al_pdf.size();
} else {
return 1;
}
}
@Override
public View getView(final int position, View view, ViewGroup parent) {
if (view == null) {
view = LayoutInflater.from(getContext()).inflate(R.layout.adapter_pdf, parent, false);
viewHolder = new ViewHolder();
viewHolder.tv_filename = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.tv_name);
view.setTag(viewHolder);
} else {
viewHolder = (ViewHolder) view.getTag();
}
viewHolder.tv_filename.setText(al_pdf.get(position).getName());
return view;
}
public class ViewHolder {
TextView tv_filename;
}
}
activity_pdf.xml:
<?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”utf-8″?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android=”http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android”
android:layout_width=”match_parent”
android:background=”#ffffff”
android:layout_height=”match_parent”
android:orientation=”vertical”>
<com.github.barteksc.pdfviewer.PDFView
android:id=”@+id/pdfView”
android:layout_margin=”10dp”
android:layout_width=”match_parent”
android:layout_height=”match_parent” />
</LinearLayout>
PdfActivity.java:
package com.pdffilefromsdcard;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.annotation.Nullable;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.util.Log;
import com.github.barteksc.pdfviewer.PDFView;
import com.github.barteksc.pdfviewer.listener.OnLoadCompleteListener;
import com.github.barteksc.pdfviewer.listener.OnPageChangeListener;
import com.github.barteksc.pdfviewer.scroll.DefaultScrollHandle;
import com.shockwave.pdfium.PdfDocument;
import java.io.File;
import java.util.List;
public class PdfActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements OnPageChangeListener,OnLoadCompleteListener {
PDFView pdfView;
Integer pageNumber = 0;
String pdfFileName;
String TAG=”PdfActivity”;
int position=-1;
@Override
protected void onCreate(@Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_pdf);
init();
}
private void init(){
pdfView= (PDFView)findViewById(R.id.pdfView);
position = getIntent().getIntExtra(“position”,-1);
displayFromSdcard();
}
private void displayFromSdcard() {
pdfFileName = MainActivity.fileList.get(position).getName();
pdfView.fromFile(MainActivity.fileList.get(position))
.defaultPage(pageNumber)
.enableSwipe(true)
.swipeHorizontal(false)
.onPageChange(this)
.enableAnnotationRendering(true)
.onLoad(this)
.scrollHandle(new DefaultScrollHandle(this))
.load();
}
@Override
public void onPageChanged(int page, int pageCount) {
pageNumber = page;
setTitle(String.format(“%s %s / %s”, pdfFileName, page + 1, pageCount));
}
@Override
public void loadComplete(int nbPages) {
PdfDocument.Meta meta = pdfView.getDocumentMeta();
printBookmarksTree(pdfView.getTableOfContents(), “-“);
}
public void printBookmarksTree(List<PdfDocument.Bookmark> tree, String sep) {
for (PdfDocument.Bookmark b : tree) {
Log.e(TAG, String.format(“%s %s, p %d”, sep, b.getTitle(), b.getPageIdx()));
if (b.hasChildren()) {
printBookmarksTree(b.getChildren(), sep + “-“);
}
}
}
}
Deepshikha Puri 
April 30, 2017 at 3:58 pm
Hey,
nicely done
thanks for this tut.
I have one quarry…. Can i use this code for commercial use?
actually i don,t know anything about license and all and on its github link this library have apche lic.2.0.
So Can I use it.
Thanks
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April 30, 2017 at 5:24 pm
Yes you can use it for commercial
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January 4, 2018 at 1:37 pm
Open doc file from sdcard in android programmatically
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January 4, 2018 at 1:41 pm
Open excel file from sdcard in android programmatically
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February 15, 2018 at 4:17 am
it dosent work ,,,,,what should i do with permissions
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March 6, 2018 at 12:33 pm
Thank You !
I have created app but pdf file will open from assets path !
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April 24, 2018 at 9:26 am
Thank you
how to change sdcard to folder in sdcard?
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July 23, 2020 at 2:28 am
This is working fine but if i want to access pdf file of any particular folder then what i do please help me in this.
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