How to Add .pdf file in app inventor?

[Chetan Kulkarni]

i am trying to build a app in which i shall host some stuff's

say:

1-college schedule

2-syllabus

3-lecturers details

4-events in the college etc

but college will provide me a .pdf file

i want to directly use this .pdf file for viewing the details in the file!!!!

[Taifun]

How to view a pdf document

Taifun

[Chetan Kulkarni]

Thanks for your reply taifun!!

lets say i am hosting a .pdf file in google drive!!

and i want to use it in my app using webviewer!!

you have pasted a link in the snippet !!how to get it!!because i am getting this link

for my .pdf file 

https://drive.google.com/?tab=wo#my-drive

and this link is asking me to sign in to my google account!!!

is it possible to get to pdf without signing in!!!

 

[Taifun]

your pdf file must be publicly accessible in your Google Drive, check the sharing properties of your pdf file in Google Drive

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4BdbKXka71-WlljNEFLeFRpOUE/edit?usp=sharing

Taifun

[Chetan Kulkarni]

That thing helped!!!

is it possible to read any file with .txt,.doc,.wrd etc

coz, i actually dont want my app to access internet whatsoever

[Chetan Kulkarni]

sir ,is it possible to host a txt .doc file at least!!!...

because i don't want my app to interact with internet in any way!!!!

i wanted my app to be completely offline

[Taifun]

yes, you can upload text files into App Inventor, but you will have to display the text in a label without any formatting possibilities

but probably in your case you may be interested in this solution:

How to read a HTML page stored as asset inside of App Inventor

Taifun

[Chetan Kulkarni]

absolutely,this thing may help me

i actually converted my pdf into html

and uploaded it in appinventer

and i followed the process ,,,,

but my app responds saying that "file://android_asset/rc.html might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address"

[Taifun]

There is one special thing to consider for HTML documents uploaded as assets into App Inventor: During development, you have to use the development path to the embedded HTML document.

file:///mnt/sdcard/AppInventor/assets/<NAME OF YOUR HTML FILE>.html

Before building the app, use the production path.

file:///android_asset/<NAME OF YOUR HTML FILE>.html

Taifun

[Chetan Kulkarni]

Taifun!!
i actually tries something new!!,
simply using some online converter converted my pdf into jpg

and jpg's can be easily hosted

now i can see my pdf in the app with internet!!


but 1 problem!!


i am unable to zoom-in or zoom-out of these images!!


can we zoom the image hosted in appinventer?


finger's crossed for your answer

[Taifun]

yes you can, but only if you use the webviewer to display the image

see also this example how to do it https://puravidaapps.com/snippets.php#2ani

Taifun