Integrating Cordova PDF Library with Android

This guide will help you integrate a free trial of the Apryse Native Plugin for Android applications using Cordova. Your free trial includes unlimited trial usage and support from solution engineers.

Note: There are other approaches that can be used to integrate Apryse technology with Cordova. Please see this FAQ page to find out more about the relative strengths of each approach.

• Node.js and npm
• Cordova CLI
• Android Studio

If you don't already have a Cordova codebase, start one. If you do, then make sure Android is added as a platform and skip to integration.

1. Create a new Cordova project called pdfhello

1cordova create pdfhello com.example.pdf pdfhello
2
3 cd pdfhello

1. Add Android as a platform to build the Cordova application for.

1cordova platform add android

1. Add the pdftron-cordova plugin in your project directory.

1cordova plugin add https://github.com:PDFTron/pdftron-cordova.git

1. Navigate to pdfhello/platforms/android and add the following line in the gradle.properties file:Key can be left empty for a trial

1PDFTRON_LICENSE_KEY=INSERT_COMMERCIAL_LICENSE_KEY_HERE_AFTER_PURCHASE

1. Navigate to pdfhello/platforms/android/app/main/ and open AndroidManifest.xml with your favorite text editor.Change the activity theme to CustomAppTheme:

1-<activity android:name="MainActivity" android:theme="@android:style/Theme.DeviceDefault.NoActionBar">
2+<activity android:name="MainActivity" android:theme="@style/CustomAppTheme">

1. Navigate to pdfhello/platforms/android/app/main/com/example/pdf/ and open MainActivity.java with your favorite text editor. Change the base class for the main activity from CordovaActivity to CordovaAppCompatActivity:

1-public class MainActivity extends CordovaActivity {
2+public class MainActivity extends CordovaAppCompatActivity {