PDFView with ViewPager Examples

Learn how to render PDFs and swipe through the pages via ViewPager2 or ViewPager.

Concepts You will learn

The examples in this section are to teach the following concepts:

1. How to create a swipeable PDFReader.
2. How to load PDFs from online or locally.
3. Load PDFs in an android device.
4. Use PDFView with ViewPager2 or ViewPager.

Here are the examples:

Use Android-Pdf-Viewer

Android Pdf Viewer Library that uses the PdfRenderer and a ViewPager.

A simple library that wraps the Android's PdfRenderer, ViewPager to swipe between pages and the PhotoViewer for pinch and zoom support.

Step 1: Add as a Dependency

Add this in your root build.gradle file (not your module build.gradle file):

allprojects {
    repositories {
        maven { url "https://jitpack.io" }
    }
}

Then, add the library to your module build.gradle

dependencies {
    implementation 'com.github.ameriod:Android-Pdf-Viewer:1.0.0'
}

Step 2: Usage

Add the following in your layout:

<me.ameriod.lib.pdfviewer.PdfViewerView
    android:id="@+id/pdfViewer"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent" />

Then call one of the setPdf() methods to display the PDF.

Full Example

For a full PDFView with ViewPager example project based on this library follow the following steps.

Start by instaling the library as has been discussed.

Step 1. Design Layouts

In Android we design our UI interfaces using XML. So let's create the following layouts:

(a). activity_main.xml

Our activity_main layout.

The first step is to inside your /res/layout/ directory create an xml layout file named activity_main.xml.

Afterwhich design your XML layout using the following 2 UI widgets and ViewGroups:

1. LinearLayout - Our outer layout
2. me.ameriod.lib.pdfviewer.PdfViewerView - Our custom PDF View supplied by the library.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout 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"
    tools:context="me.ameriod.pdfviewer.MainActivity">

    <me.ameriod.lib.pdfviewer.PdfViewerView
        android:id="@+id/pdfViewer"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent" />

</LinearLayout>

Step 2. Write Code

Finally we need to write our code as follows:

(a). MainActivity.kt

To set a pdf all you need is:

pdfViewer.setPdfFromAsset("sample.pdf")

Create a class that derives from AppCompatActivity and add its contents as follows:

We will be overriding the following functions:

1. onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?).

Just copy the code below and replace the package with your app's package name.

package replace_with_your_package_name

import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity
import android.os.Bundle
import kotlinx.android.synthetic.main.activity_main.*

class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {

    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main)

        pdfViewer.setPdfFromAsset("sample.pdf")
    }
}

Reference

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Android PDF Reader with Viewpager2

Simple PDF reader in ViewPager2.

This example will teach you how to download and render PDF, then navigate the PDF pages by swiping through ViewPager2.

Full Example

Let us look at a full android PDFView with ViewPager sample project.

Step 1. Dependencies

We need to add some dependencies in our app/build.gradle file as shown below:

(a). build.gradle

Our app-level build.gradle.

We Prepare our dependencies as shown below. You may use later versions.

At the top of our app/build.gradle we will apply the following 3 plugins:

1. Our com.android.application plugin.
2. Our kotlin-android plugin.
3. Our kotlin-android-extensions plugin.

As usual, inside the android closure we will set the compileSDKVersion and buildToolsVersion. We will also set the application ID, minimum SDK version, target SDK version, version code and version name inside a defaultConfig closure. We will also set the build types: to either debug or release. For each build type you can enable minification of resources, as well as enable proguard.

Afterwhich we will declare our app dependencies in under the dependencies closure. We will need the following 10 dependencies:

1. Our Kotlin-stdlib library.
2. Our Core-ktx library.
3. Our Appcompat library.
4. Our Constraintlayout library.
5. Our Material library.
6. Our Viewpager2 library.
7. Our Okhttp library.
8. Our Rxjava library.
9. Our Rxandroid library.
10. Our PhotoView library.

Here is our full app/build.gradle:

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
apply plugin: 'kotlin-android'
apply plugin: 'kotlin-android-extensions'

android {
    compileSdkVersion 29
    buildToolsVersion "30.0.0"

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "com.example.pdfreader"
        minSdkVersion 21
        targetSdkVersion 29
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"

        testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
    }

    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android-optimize.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        }
    }
}

dependencies {
    implementation fileTree(dir: "libs", include: ["*.jar"])
    implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:$kotlin_version"
    implementation 'androidx.core:core-ktx:1.3.1'
    implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.2.0'
    implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:1.1.3'
    implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.3.0-alpha02'
    implementation 'androidx.viewpager2:viewpager2:1.0.0'
    implementation 'com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:4.8.1'
    implementation 'io.reactivex.rxjava2:rxjava:2.2.19'
    implementation "io.reactivex.rxjava2:rxandroid:2.1.1"
    implementation 'com.github.chrisbanes:PhotoView:2.3.0'

    testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.13'
    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.ext:junit:1.1.1'
    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.2.0'

}

Step 2. Our Android Manifest

We will need to look at our AndroidManifest.xml.

(a). AndroidManifest.xml

Our AndroidManifest file.

Here we can specify permissions if necessary, register our activities, define the package name as well as register any other component like Services, ContentProviders and BroadcastReceivers. We also specify other app properties like app icon, app label and app theme. If we register an activity we can specify if it is a launcher activity using intent filters.

Here we will add the following permission:

1. Our INTERNET permission.

Here is the full Android Manifest file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.example.pdfreader">

    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
    <application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
        android:supportsRtl="true"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme">
        <activity android:name=".MainActivity">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
    </application>

</manifest>

Step 3. Design Layouts

In Android we design our UI interfaces using XML. So let's create the following layouts:

(a). item_page.xml

Our item_page layout.

inside your /res/layout/ directory create an xml layout file named item_page.xml.

On top of that design your XML layout using the following 2 UI widgets and ViewGroups:

1. androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
2. com.github.chrisbanes.photoview.PhotoView

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context=".MainActivity">

    <com.github.chrisbanes.photoview.PhotoView
        android:id="@+id/pdf_image"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

(b). activity_main.xml

Our activity_main layout.

The first step is to inside your /res/layout/ directory create an xml layout file named activity_main.xml.

After that design your XML layout using the following 3 UI widgets and ViewGroups:

1. androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout - This is our root container.
2. com.google.android.material.tabs.TabLayout - This will will allow us show Tabs
3. androidx.viewpager2.widget.ViewPager2 - This will allow us to swipe our pages

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context=".MainActivity">

    <com.google.android.material.tabs.TabLayout
        android:id="@+id/pdf_page_tab"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="@id/pdf_view_pager"
        app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
        app:tabMode="auto" />

    <androidx.viewpager2.widget.ViewPager2
        android:id="@+id/pdf_view_pager"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="0dp"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@id/pdf_page_tab" />

</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

Step 4. Write Code

Finally we need to write our code as follows:

(a). PdfReader.kt

Our PdfReader class.

Create a Kotlin file named PdfReader.kt. This class will receive a File object as a constructor

On top of that we will add imports from android SDK and other packages. Here are some of the imports we will use in this class:

1. Bitmap from the android.graphics package.
2. PdfRenderer from the android.graphics.pdf package.
3. ParcelFileDescriptor from the android.os package.
4. ImageView from the android.widget package.

On top of that we will be creating the following methods:

1. openPage(page: Int, pdfImage: ImageView) - This will allow us open a page. We pass in the target page as an integer and the PDF ImageView.
2. close() - This will allow us close the current page, the FileDescriptor as well as the PDFRenderer

Just copy the code below and replace the package with your app's package name.

package replace_with_your_package_name

import android.graphics.Bitmap
import android.graphics.pdf.PdfRenderer
import android.os.ParcelFileDescriptor
import android.widget.ImageView
import java.io.File

class PdfReader(file: File) {

    private var currentPage: PdfRenderer.Page? = null
    private val fileDescriptor =
        ParcelFileDescriptor.open(file, ParcelFileDescriptor.MODE_READ_ONLY)
    private val pdfRenderer = PdfRenderer(fileDescriptor)

    val pageCount = pdfRenderer.pageCount

    fun openPage(page: Int, pdfImage: ImageView) {
        if (page >= pageCount) return
        currentPage?.close()
        currentPage = pdfRenderer.openPage(page).apply {
            val bitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(width, height, Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888)
            render(bitmap, null, null, PdfRenderer.Page.RENDER_MODE_FOR_DISPLAY)
            pdfImage.setImageBitmap(bitmap)
        }
    }

    fun close() {
        currentPage?.close()
        fileDescriptor.close()
        pdfRenderer.close()
    }
}

(b). PageHolder.kt

Our PageHolder class.

This class will have the following method

1. openPage(page: Int, pdfReader: PdfReader) - To open a PDF page.

Just copy the code below and replace the package with your app's package name.

package replace_with_your_package_name

import android.view.View
import androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView
import kotlinx.android.synthetic.main.item_page.view.*

class PageHolder(view: View) : RecyclerView.ViewHolder(view) {
    fun openPage(page: Int, pdfReader: PdfReader) {
        pdfReader.openPage(page, itemView.pdf_image)
    }
}

(c). PageAdaptor.kt

Our PageAdaptor class.

We will be overriding the following routine recyclerview functions:

1. onCreateViewHolder(parent: ViewGroup, viewType: Int): PageHolder.
2. getItemCount(): Int.
3. onBindViewHolder(holder: PageHolder, position: Int).

After that we will be creating the following methods:

1. setupPdfRenderer(parameter) - Let's pass a PdfReader object as a parameter.

Just copy the code below and replace the package with your app's package name.

package replace_with_your_package_name

import android.view.LayoutInflater
import android.view.ViewGroup
import androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView

class PageAdaptor: RecyclerView.Adapter<PageHolder>() {

    private var pdfReader: PdfReader? = null

    override fun onCreateViewHolder(parent: ViewGroup, viewType: Int): PageHolder {
        val view = LayoutInflater.from(parent.context).inflate(R.layout.item_page, parent, false)
        return PageHolder(view)
    }

    fun setupPdfRenderer(pdfReader: PdfReader) {
        this.pdfReader = pdfReader
        notifyDataSetChanged()
    }

    override fun getItemCount(): Int {
        return pdfReader?.pageCount ?: 0
    }

    override fun onBindViewHolder(holder: PageHolder, position: Int) {
        pdfReader?.let {
            holder.openPage(position, it)
        }
    }
}

(d). FileDownloader.kt

Our FileDownloader class.

This class will allow us to download our PDF file.

It will contain the following important method:

1. download(url: String, file: File): Observable<Int>- The function to download our PDF file via OkHttp and return it as an Observable.

Just copy the code below and replace the package with your app's package name.

package replace_with_your_package_name

import io.reactivex.Observable
import okhttp3.OkHttpClient
import okhttp3.Request
import java.io.File
import java.net.HttpURLConnection
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit

class FileDownloader(okHttpClient: OkHttpClient) {

    companion object {
        private const val BUFFER_LENGTH_BYTES = 1024 * 8
        private const val HTTP_TIMEOUT = 30
    }

    private var okHttpClient: OkHttpClient

    init {
        val okHttpBuilder = okHttpClient.newBuilder()
            .connectTimeout(HTTP_TIMEOUT.toLong(), TimeUnit.SECONDS)
            .readTimeout(HTTP_TIMEOUT.toLong(), TimeUnit.SECONDS)
        this.okHttpClient = okHttpBuilder.build()
    }

    fun download(url: String, file: File): Observable<Int> {
        return Observable.create<Int> { emitter ->
            val request = Request.Builder().url(url).build()
            val response = okHttpClient.newCall(request).execute()
            val body = response.body
            val responseCode = response.code
            if (responseCode >= HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK &&
                responseCode < HttpURLConnection.HTTP_MULT_CHOICE &&
                body != null) {
                val length = body.contentLength()
                body.byteStream().apply {
                    file.outputStream().use { fileOut ->
                        var bytesCopied = 0
                        val buffer = ByteArray(BUFFER_LENGTH_BYTES)
                        var bytes = read(buffer)
                        while (bytes >= 0) {
                            fileOut.write(buffer, 0, bytes)
                            bytesCopied += bytes
                            bytes = read(buffer)
                            emitter.onNext(((bytesCopied * 100)/length).toInt())
                        }
                    }
                    emitter.onComplete()
                }
            } else {
                throw IllegalArgumentException("Error occurred when do http get $url")
            }
        }
    }
}

(e). MainActivity.kt

Our MainActivity class.

Just copy the code below and replace the package with your app's package name.

package replace_with_your_package_name

import android.os.Bundle
import android.util.Log
import android.widget.Toast
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity
import com.google.android.material.tabs.TabLayoutMediator
import io.reactivex.BackpressureStrategy
import io.reactivex.android.schedulers.AndroidSchedulers.*
import io.reactivex.disposables.Disposables
import io.reactivex.plugins.RxJavaPlugins
import io.reactivex.schedulers.Schedulers
import kotlinx.android.synthetic.main.activity_main.*
import okhttp3.*
import java.io.File
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit

class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {

    companion object {
        private const val FILE_NAME = "TestPdf.pdf"
        private const val URL = "https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a17/A17_FlightPlan.pdf"
    }

    private var disposable = Disposables.disposed()
    private var pdfReader: PdfReader? = null

    private val fileDownloader by lazy {
        FileDownloader(
            OkHttpClient.Builder().build()
        )
    }

    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main)

        RxJavaPlugins.setErrorHandler {
            Log.e("Error", it.localizedMessage)
        }

        pdf_view_pager.adapter = PageAdaptor()

        val targetFile = File(cacheDir, FILE_NAME)

        disposable = fileDownloader.download(URL, targetFile)
            .throttleFirst(2, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
            .toFlowable(BackpressureStrategy.LATEST)
            .subscribeOn(Schedulers.io())
            .observeOn(mainThread())
            .subscribe({
                Toast.makeText(this, "$it% Downloaded", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show()
            }, {
                Toast.makeText(this, it.localizedMessage, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show()
            }, {
                Toast.makeText(this, "Complete Downloaded", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show()
                pdfReader = PdfReader(targetFile).apply {
                    (pdf_view_pager.adapter as PageAdaptor).setupPdfRenderer(this)
                }
            })

        TabLayoutMediator(pdf_page_tab, pdf_view_pager) { tab, position ->
            tab.text = (position + 1).toString()
        }.attach()
    }

    override fun onDestroy() {
        super.onDestroy()
        disposable.dispose()
        pdfReader?.close()
    }
}

Reference

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PDFRenderer with ViewPager2

PDFRenderer with ViewPager 2.

PDFRenderer class enables rendering a PDF document and this class is not thread safe. A typical use of the APIs to render a PDF looks like this:

// create a new renderer
 PdfRenderer renderer = new PdfRenderer(getSeekableFileDescriptor());

 // let us just render all pages
 final int pageCount = renderer.getPageCount();
 for (int i = 0; i < pageCount; i++) {
     Page page = renderer.openPage(i);

     // say we render for showing on the screen
     page.render(mBitmap, null, null, Page.RENDER_MODE_FOR_DISPLAY);

     // do stuff with the bitmap

     // close the page
     page.close();
 }

 // close the renderer
 renderer.close();

Other Libraries used in this Project:

• PhotoView: a custom implementation of ImageView that handles smoothly pinch-to-zoom and double-tap to zoom PhotoView: a custom implementation of ImageView that handles smoothly pinch-to-zoom and double-tap to zoom ViewPager 2: is now using the RecyclerView components and also brings in a lot of interesting features and improvements, such as:

• Right-to-Left (RTL) support

• Support for vertical paging
• Ability to programmatically scroll the page
• Added MarginPageTransformer and CompositePageTransformer, which allows you to achieve beautiful custom animations for your pages

Demo

Here is the demo:

Full Example

Let us look at a full PDFView with ViewPager Example below.

Step 1. Dependencies

We need to add some dependencies in our app/build.gradle file as shown below:

(a). build.gradle

Our app-level build.gradle.

We Prepare our dependencies as shown below. You may use later versions.

At the top of our app/build.gradle we will apply the following 3 plugins:

1. Our com.android.application plugin.
2. Our kotlin-android plugin.
3. Our kotlin-android-extensions plugin.

Among the dependencies we add include:

1. Our Viewpager2 library
2. Our PhotoView library.

Here is our full app/build.gradle:

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
apply plugin: 'kotlin-android'
apply plugin: 'kotlin-android-extensions'

android {
    compileSdkVersion 29
    buildToolsVersion "29.0.3"

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "com.jorgecasariego.pdfrenderer"
        minSdkVersion 21
        targetSdkVersion 29
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"

        testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
    }

    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android-optimize.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        }
    }

    compileOptions {
        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
    }

    kotlinOptions {
        jvmTarget = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8.toString()
    }
}

dependencies {
    implementation fileTree(dir: "libs", include: ["*.jar"])
    implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:$kotlin_version"
    implementation 'androidx.core:core-ktx:1.3.1'

    //External Dependencies
    implementation 'androidx.viewpager2:viewpager2:1.0.0'
    implementation 'com.github.chrisbanes:PhotoView:2.3.0'

    implementation "com.google.android.material:material:1.3.0-alpha02"
    implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.2.0'
    implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:2.0.1'
    testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.13'
    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.ext:junit:1.1.2'
    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.3.0'

}

Step 2. Our Android Manifest

We will need to look at our AndroidManifest.xml.

(a). AndroidManifest.xml

Our AndroidManifest file.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.jorgecasariego.pdfrenderer">

    <application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
        android:supportsRtl="true"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme">
        <activity android:name=".MainActivity">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
    </application>

</manifest>

Step 3. Design Layouts

In Android we design our UI interfaces using XML. So let's create the following layouts:

(a). pdf_page_item.xml

Our pdf_page_item layout.

inside your /res/layout/ directory create an xml layout file named pdf_page_item.xml.

Afterwhich design your XML layout using the following 2 UI widgets and ViewGroups:

1. LinearLayout - Our root View
2. com.github.chrisbanes.photoview.PhotoView - Will help in displaying PDF with zooming capabilities.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:gravity="center"
    android:padding="5dp">

    <com.github.chrisbanes.photoview.PhotoView
        android:id="@+id/pageImgView"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/pageMarginAndOffset"
        android:layout_marginBottom="@dimen/pageMarginAndOffset"/>

</LinearLayout>

(b). pdf_activity.xml

Our pdf_activity layout.

inside your /res/layout/ directory create an xml layout file named pdf_activity.xml.

After that design your XML layout using the following 5 UI widgets and ViewGroups:

1. RelativeLayout - Root element
2. androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar - Our toolbar
3. LinearLayout
4. ProgressBar - To show rendering progress
5. androidx.viewpager2.widget.ViewPager2 - To help provide swipe capabilities.

<?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="match_parent"
    android:animateLayoutChanges="true"
    android:background="#808E9B"
    android:orientation="vertical">

    <androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar
        android:id="@+id/pdfToolbar"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
        android:theme="@style/CustomActionBar"/>
    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:gravity="center">
        <ProgressBar
            android:id="@+id/baseProgressBar"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_gravity="center"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:indeterminateTint="@android:color/white"/>

        <androidx.viewpager2.widget.ViewPager2
            android:id="@+id/pageViewPager"
            android:visibility="gone"
            android:layout_gravity="center"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:orientation="vertical"/>


    </LinearLayout>

</RelativeLayout>

(c). activity_main.xml

Our activity_main layout.

Inside your /res/layout/ directory create an xml layout file named activity_main.xml.

After that design your XML layout using the following 2 UI widgets and ViewGroups:

1. androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
2. TextView

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context=".MainActivity">

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Hello World!"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

Step 4. Write Code

Finally we need to write our code as follows:

(a). PdfBitmapPool.kt

Our PdfBitmapPool class.

create a Kotlin file named PdfBitmapPool.kt.

Subsequently we will add imports from android SDK and other packages. Here are some of the imports we will use in this class:

1. Bitmap from the android.graphics package.
2. Canvas from the android.graphics package.
3. Color from the android.graphics package.
4. PdfRenderer from the android.graphics.pdf package.
5. Log from the android.util package.
6. SparseArray from the android.util package.
7. getOrElse from the androidx.core.util package.

Besides create a class that derives from Int) and add its contents as follows:

Besides we will be creating the following methods:

1. getPage(parameter) - Our function will take a Int object as a parameter which represents the page we are getting
2. loadMore(parameter) - Pass to this method a Int object as a parameter which is the next page we are loading.
3. getCurrentRange(parameter) - Let's pass a Int object as a parameter . Get current range of pages.
4. removeOutOfRangeElements(parameter) - Let's pass a IntProgression object as a parameter.
5. loadPage(parameter)- This function will take a Int object as a parameter which is the page we are loading.
6. newWhiteBitmap(width: Int, height: Int): Bitmap - Takes a width and height and returns a Bitmap
7. Int.toPixelDimension(parameter) - Our function will take a Float type as a parameter.

Just copy the code below and replace the package with your app's package name.

package replace_with_your_package_name

import android.graphics.Bitmap
import android.graphics.Canvas
import android.graphics.Color
import android.graphics.pdf.PdfRenderer
import android.util.Log
import android.util.SparseArray
import androidx.core.util.getOrElse

class PdfBitmapPool(val pdfRenderer: PdfRenderer, val config: Bitmap.Config, val densityDpi : Int) {

    val bitmaps: SparseArray<Bitmap> = SparseArray()

    init {
        val initialLoadCount =
            if (pdfRenderer.pageCount < POOL_SIZE) pdfRenderer.pageCount else POOL_SIZE

        for (i in 0 until initialLoadCount) {
            bitmaps.append(i, loadPage(i))
        }
    }

    var currentIndex = 0

    companion object {
        const val POOL_SIZE = 5
        val PDF_RESOLUTION_DPI = 72
    }

    fun getPage(index: Int): Bitmap {
        return bitmaps.getOrElse(index) {
            loadPage(index)
        }
    }

    fun loadMore(newLimitIndex: Int) {

        val newRange = getCurrentRange(newLimitIndex)
        removeOutOfRangeElements(newRange)

        for (i in newRange) {
            if (i != newLimitIndex && i in 0 until bitmaps.size() && bitmaps.indexOfKey(i) < 0)
                bitmaps.append(i, loadPage(i))
        }

        currentIndex = newLimitIndex
    }

    fun getCurrentRange(currentIndex: Int): IntProgression {
        val sectionSize = (POOL_SIZE - 1) / 2
        return (currentIndex - sectionSize)..(currentIndex + sectionSize)
    }

    fun removeOutOfRangeElements(newRange: IntProgression) {
        //Removing elements that are out of range, the bitmap is cleared and pushed back to the unused bitmaps stack
        getCurrentRange(currentIndex).filter { !newRange.contains(it) }.forEach {
            val removingBitmap = bitmaps[it]
            removingBitmap?.let { bitmap ->
                bitmaps.remove(it)
            }
        }
    }

    fun loadPage(pageIndex: Int): Bitmap {
        Log.d(PdfBitmapPool::class.java.simpleName, "Loading page at index $pageIndex")
        val page = pdfRenderer.openPage(pageIndex)
        val bitmap = newWhiteBitmap(page.width.toPixelDimension(), page.height.toPixelDimension())
        page.render(bitmap, null, null, PdfRenderer.Page.RENDER_MODE_FOR_DISPLAY)
        page.close()
        return bitmap
    }

    fun newWhiteBitmap(width: Int, height: Int): Bitmap {
        val bitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(width, height, config)
        val canvas = Canvas(bitmap)
        canvas.drawColor(Color.WHITE)
        canvas.drawBitmap(bitmap, 0f, 0f, null)
        return bitmap
    }


    fun Int.toPixelDimension(scaleFactor: Float = 0.4f): Int {
        return ((densityDpi * this / PDF_RESOLUTION_DPI) * scaleFactor).toInt()
    }
}

(b). PDFAdapter.kt

Our PDFAdapter class.

Okay create a Kotlin file named PDFAdapter.kt.

Next we will add imports from android SDK and other packages. Here are some of the imports we will use in this class:

1. Context from the android.content package.
2. Bitmap from the android.graphics package.
3. PdfRenderer from the android.graphics.pdf package.
4. ParcelFileDescriptor from the android.os package.
5. LayoutInflater from the android.view package.
6. View from the android.view package.
7. ViewGroup from the android.view package.
8. ImageView from the android.widget package.
9. RecyclerView from the androidx.recyclerview.widget package.

On top of that create a class that derives from Context) and add its contents as follows:

We will be overriding the following functions:

1. onBindViewHolder(holder: PDFPageViewHolder, position: Int).
2. onCreateViewHolder(parent: ViewGroup, viewType: Int): PDFPageViewHolder.

On top of that we will be creating the following methods:

1. clear().
2. bind(parameter) - This function will take aInt` object as a parameter.

Just copy the code below and replace the package with your app's package name.

package replace_with_your_package_name

import android.content.Context
import android.graphics.Bitmap
import android.graphics.pdf.PdfRenderer
import android.os.ParcelFileDescriptor
import android.view.LayoutInflater
import android.view.View
import android.view.ViewGroup
import android.widget.ImageView
import androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView

class PDFAdapter(pdfParcelDescriptor: ParcelFileDescriptor, context : Context) : RecyclerView.Adapter<PDFAdapter.PDFPageViewHolder>() {

    private var bitmapPool: PdfBitmapPool? = null
    private val pdfRenderer: PdfRenderer = PdfRenderer(pdfParcelDescriptor)

    init {
        bitmapPool = PdfBitmapPool(pdfRenderer, Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888,
            context.resources.displayMetrics.densityDpi)
    }

    override fun getItemCount(): Int = pdfRenderer.pageCount

    override fun onBindViewHolder(holder: PDFPageViewHolder, position: Int) {
        holder.bind(position)
    }

    override fun onCreateViewHolder(parent: ViewGroup, viewType: Int): PDFPageViewHolder {
        val view = LayoutInflater.from(parent.context).inflate(R.layout.pdf_page_item, parent, false)
        return PDFPageViewHolder(view)
    }

    fun clear() {
        pdfRenderer.close()
        bitmapPool?.bitmaps?.clear()
    }


    inner class PDFPageViewHolder(val view: View) : RecyclerView.ViewHolder(view) {

        fun bind(pagePosition: Int) {
            val imgPage = view.findViewById<ImageView>(R.id.pageImgView)
            imgPage.setImageBitmap(bitmapPool!!.getPage(pagePosition))
            bitmapPool!!.loadMore(pagePosition)
        }
    }
}

(c). MainActivity.kt

Our MainActivity class.

Prepare a Kotlin file named MainActivity.kt.

After that we will add imports from android SDK and other packages. Here are some of the imports we will use in this class:

1. Bundle from the android.os package.
2. ParcelFileDescriptor from the android.os package.
3. MenuItem from the android.view package.
4. View from the android.view package.
5. AppCompatActivity from the androidx.appcompat.app package.
6. ViewCompat from the androidx.core.view package.
7. ViewPager2 from the androidx.viewpager2.widget package.
8. ORIENTATION_HORIZONTAL from the androidx.viewpager2.widget.ViewPager2 package.
9. * from the kotlinx.android.synthetic.main.pdf_activity package.

Moreover create a class that derives from AppCompatActivity and add its contents as follows:

We will be overriding the following functions:

1. onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?).
2. onOptionsItemSelected(item: MenuItem?): Boolean.
3. onDestroy().

Afterwhich we will be creating the following methods:

1. initPdfViewer(parameter) - Pass to this method aFile` object as a parameter.
2. getFile() : File.
3. File.copyInputStreamToFile(parameter) - Pass to this method aInputStream` object as a parameter.

Just copy the code below and replace the package with your app's package name.

package replace_with_your_package_name

import android.os.Bundle
import android.os.ParcelFileDescriptor
import android.view.MenuItem
import android.view.View
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity
import androidx.core.view.ViewCompat
import androidx.viewpager2.widget.ViewPager2
import androidx.viewpager2.widget.ViewPager2.ORIENTATION_HORIZONTAL
import kotlinx.android.synthetic.main.pdf_activity.*
import java.io.File
import java.io.InputStream

class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
    lateinit var pageViewPager: ViewPager2
    var parcelFileDescriptor: ParcelFileDescriptor? = null
    var pdfAdapter: PDFAdapter? = null

    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
        setContentView(R.layout.pdf_activity)

        pageViewPager = findViewById(R.id.pageViewPager)

        with(pageViewPager) {
            clipToPadding = false
            clipChildren = false
            offscreenPageLimit = 3
        }


        val pageMarginPx = resources.getDimensionPixelOffset(R.dimen.pageMargin)
        val offsetPx = resources.getDimensionPixelOffset(R.dimen.offset)

        pageViewPager.setPageTransformer { page, position ->
            val viewPager = page.parent.parent as ViewPager2
            val offset = position * -(2 * offsetPx + pageMarginPx)
            if (viewPager.orientation == ORIENTATION_HORIZONTAL) {
                if (ViewCompat.getLayoutDirection(viewPager) == ViewCompat.LAYOUT_DIRECTION_RTL) {
                    page.translationX = -offset
                } else {
                    page.translationX = offset
                }
            } else {
                page.translationY = offset
            }
        }

        initPdfViewer(getFile())

    }

    override fun onOptionsItemSelected(item: MenuItem?): Boolean {
        when (item?.itemId) {
            android.R.id.home -> onBackPressed()
        }
        return true
    }

    fun initPdfViewer(pdfFile : File){
        try {
            pageViewPager.visibility = View.VISIBLE
            baseProgressBar.visibility = View.GONE

            parcelFileDescriptor = ParcelFileDescriptor.open(pdfFile, ParcelFileDescriptor.MODE_READ_ONLY)
            pdfAdapter = PDFAdapter(parcelFileDescriptor!!, this@MainActivity)
            pageViewPager.adapter = pdfAdapter

        }catch (e: Exception){
            pdfFile.delete()
        }
    }

    fun getFile() : File{
        val inputStream = assets.open("dc_comics.pdf")
        return File(filesDir.absolutePath + "dc_comics.pdf").apply {
            copyInputStreamToFile(inputStream)
        }
    }

    fun File.copyInputStreamToFile(inputStream: InputStream) {
        this.outputStream().use { fileOut ->
            inputStream.copyTo(fileOut)
        }
    }

    override fun onDestroy() {
        super.onDestroy()
        parcelFileDescriptor?.close()
        pdfAdapter?.clear()

    }
}

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