Pass Drawable to iTextPdf instead of an Image - Android

Question

I am using iTextPdf to create a check-in application. I've added the an image already using the image object :

imagePath = "/sdcard/Mugshot.jpg";
Image image = Image.getInstance(imagePath);
image.setAbsolutePosition(165f, 465f);
image.scaleToFit(290f,290f);
document.add(image);

I would prefer to add the image in the same way before adding any content, as I expect any subsequent stuff would write over existing stuff.

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 19 '15 at 12:55

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As per the API Documentation of iTextPdf you can also contruct using byte[] array

Convert drawable to byte[]

Drawable d = getResources ().getDrawable (R.drawable.your_drawable)
Bitmap bitmap = ((BitmapDrawable)d).getBitmap();
ByteArrayOutputStream stream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
bitmap.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.JPEG, 100, stream);
byte[] bitmapData = stream.toByteArray();

Then

Image image = Image.getInstance(bitmapData);

answered Jan 19 '15 at 12:55

Murtaza Khursheed Hussain

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I'm getting a method undefined error on getResources(). Suggestions? – Anurag Pande Jan 19 '15 at 12:58
if you are not in activity then use `context.getResources()` – Murtaza Khursheed Hussain Jan 19 '15 at 13:01
It is a separate class called FileOperations which does reading and writing into the pdf. When i try to make a context (Context context = this; ) , I get a type mismatch error because it isnt an activity. – Anurag Pande Jan 19 '15 at 13:03
use whatever context instance you have, – Murtaza Khursheed Hussain Jan 19 '15 at 13:03
Could you be more specific? Can I use any activity's context? If so, how? – Anurag Pande Jan 19 '15 at 13:04
if you are setting this image from an activity then create a parameterized method to pass activity context to anywhere – Murtaza Khursheed Hussain Jan 19 '15 at 13:07
I am not SETTING it. I am document.ADDING it in the same FileOperations.java class, which isn't an activity, just a helper class. – Anurag Pande Jan 19 '15 at 13:10

Pass Drawable to iTextPdf instead of an Image - Android

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