Android API PdfDocument not writing data in file using writeTo(outputStream)

Question

Button for creating pdf file

//button listener for creating pdf file

convert2PDF.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {
//pdf document created

            PdfDocument document = new PdfDocument();
//pageinfo created 

            PdfDocument.PageInfo pageInfo = new PdfDocument.PageInfo.Builder(800, 800, 1).create();
//page created based on pageinfo

            PdfDocument.Page page = document.startPage(pageInfo);
//ImageView used to draw bitmap on page's canvas

            ImageView imageView = new ImageView(context);
//setting imageView height weight equal to page height weight

            imageView.setMaxHeight(800);
            imageView.setMaxWidth(800);
//setting the imageView to bitmap selected from list
     imageView.setImageBitmap(BitmapFactory.decodeFile(selectedFileList.get(0).getPath()));
//imageView drawn on canvas
            imageView.draw(page.getCanvas());
//page finished 
            document.finishPage(page);

            File result = null;
            try {

                result = File.createTempFile("afew", ".pdf", 
context.getCacheDir());
//writing the pdf doc to temp file
                document.writeTo(new BufferedOutputStream(new 
FileOutputStream(result)));
            } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
                Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), e.getMessage(), 
Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
            } catch (IOException e) {
                Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), 
e.getMessage(),Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
            }
            document.close();
//main file 

            File a = new File("/storage/sdcard/b.pdf");
//funct transfer used for transferring bytes from one file to another
            transfer(result, a);
//set content of layout with imageView

            context.setContentView(imageView);
    }});

**I tried running above code but the file created at /storage/sdcard/b.pdf is empty always **

i searched through many answers here but none of them worked

is there anyway i can resolve this issue plz help

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 19 '17 at 05:13

wow 3 days & found answer

protected File doInBackground(ArrayList<File>... params) {
        File output = null;
        PdfDocument doc = new PdfDocument();
        ArrayList<Bitmap> images = new ArrayList<Bitmap>();
        PdfDocument.Page page = null;
        ArrayList<Bitmap> bitmaps = null;
        Canvas canvas = null;
        File outputDir = new File(getFilesDir()+"/Output/PDF");
        if(!outputDir.exists()){
            outputDir.mkdirs();
        }
        Random rand = new Random();
        output = new File(getFilesDir()+"/Output/PDF/data-"+rand.nextInt()+".pdf");
        for(File a: params[0]){
            BitmapFactory.Options options = new BitmapFactory.Options();
            options.inJustDecodeBounds = true;
            BitmapFactory.decodeFile(a.getPath(), options);
            int imageHeight = options.outHeight;
            int imageWidth = options.outWidth;
            String imageType = options.outMimeType;
            Bitmap b = decodeSampledBitmapFromResource(a, imageWidth/2, imageHeight/2);
            if(b!=null){
                images.add(b);
            }
        }
        int i = 0;
        for(Bitmap a: images){
            PdfDocument.PageInfo pageInfo = new PdfDocument.PageInfo.Builder(a.getWidth(), a.getHeight(), i++).create();
            page = doc.startPage(pageInfo);
            page.getCanvas().drawBitmap(a, 0, 0, new Paint(Paint.ANTI_ALIAS_FLAG));
            doc.finishPage(page);
        }
        try{
            FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(output);
            doc.writeTo(out);
            out.flush();
            out.close();
        }catch(FileNotFoundException e){}
        catch(IOException e){}
        doc.close();
        return output;
    }

Android API PdfDocument not writing data in file using writeTo(outputStream)

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