UIWebView display RTF file with images & tables

Question

For a project I need to display the contents of a RTF file on an iPad. After some searches I found that you can load the RTF file in an UIWebView. However when I do this, the content of the file shows up, but its missing table borders, and images. Bold / Italic / Underlined text works fine.

The code I use to display the file:

NSURL *url = [[NSBundle mainBundle] URLForResource:@"A" withExtension:@".rtf"];

NSLog(@"URL: %@", url);

NSURLRequest *req = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:url];

[_webView loadRequest:req];

The RTF file:

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/4966217/A.rtf

How can I display the images and table borders in my app?

you should convert the source file to `HTML` format. – holex Oct 05 '12 at 07:10 — holex, Oct 05 '12 at 07:10
Have you got solution for this? – Baby Groot Dec 19 '16 at 12:46 — Baby Groot, Dec 19 '16 at 12:46
Were you able to fix it? @geert – Anurag Jul 14 '21 at 08:03 — Anurag, Jul 14 '21 at 08:03

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 05 '12 at 07:21

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If you want only to show rtf file then you can also use QLPreviewController. It supports many file formats for preview.

Here is the documentation link for QLPreviewController: http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/NetworkingInternet/Reference/QLPreviewController_Class/Reference/Reference.html

And here is sample code : http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#samplecode/DocInteraction/Introduction/Intro.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/DTS40010052

answered Dec 05 '12 at 07:21

Yuvrajsinh

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It does indeed show the RTF file, but it doesn't show table borders and images – Geert Dec 05 '12 at 07:58
My idea was, if your strictly need is not to show RTF in UIWebView then you can show it in QLPreviewController that shows the file as it is. – Yuvrajsinh Dec 05 '12 at 09:48
My problem was not the UIWebView, it was the content missing of the RTF file – Geert Dec 05 '12 at 10:02
As i have checked in QLPreviewController also, it is not showing table in RTF file. If possible then create HTML for your RTF content. – Yuvrajsinh Dec 05 '12 at 10:21
It isn't, since there is a database with about 15K RTF files in it – Geert Dec 05 '12 at 10:37

Sharanya K M · Answer 2 · 2012-10-05T07:29:42.523

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Try this code

NSString *filePath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForAuxiliaryExecutable:@"A.rtf"];
NSURL *fileURL = [[NSURL alloc] initFileURLWithPath:filePath];
NSURLRequest *requestObj = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:fileURL];
[_webView loadRequest:requestObj];

to convert it to html

http://dblog.com.au/iphone-development/loading-local-files-into-uiwebview/

http://kiefermat.com/2011/09/30/using-uiwebview-for-displaying-rich-text/

edited Oct 05 '12 at 07:29

answered Oct 05 '12 at 07:12

Sharanya K M

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That does the same thing as it does now, it opens the file, and it shows the table without borders, and doesn't show the image. – Geert Oct 05 '12 at 07:13

UIWebView display RTF file with images & tables

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