interactive_pdf_viewer 0.2.4

A Flutter package for displaying PDFs with interactive features including text selection, page tracking, quote management, last page recall, and pre-existing quote support. Features include individual [...]

Changelog

0.2.3 - 2024-03-21

• Fixed Swift compiler error related to CGRect bounds calculation
• Removed quote-management from package topics to better reflect current features
• Documentation updates and clarifications

0.2.2 Unreleased

• Removed Linux platform support to fix build issues
• Clarified iOS-only implementation in documentation
• Added customizable text highlighting options:
  • Enable/disable highlighting of quoted text
  • Custom highlight color support using hex values
  • New openPDFWithOptions method for highlighting configuration
• Replaced "Mark as Done" feature with "Clear All Quotes":
  • New clear button to remove all quotes from the document
  • Added onClearAllQuotes callback for handling quote clearing
  • Updated UI with new trash icon for clear functionality
• Added support for opening PDFs at specific pages:
  • New initialPage parameter for all PDF opening methods
  • Ability to resume reading from last viewed page
  • Smooth page transitions when opening at specific pages
• Added support for pre-existing quotes:
  • New PDFQuote class for structured quote data
  • Ability to pre-highlight existing quotes when opening PDFs
  • Support for quote location information
  • Available in all PDF opening methods
• Enhanced quote management:
  • Individual quote removal by tapping on highlights
  • Dynamic UI updates (Clear button changes to Remove)
  • New onQuoteRemoved callback for tracking removals
  • Improved highlight interaction and feedback

0.2.1

• Initial release with iOS support
• Interactive PDF viewing capabilities using PDFKit
• Text selection and extraction features
• Page tracking and navigation
• Support for loading PDFs from various sources

0.2.0 - 2024-03-20

Added

• Page tracking functionality:
  • Real-time page change events
  • Current page tracking
  • Total pages information
  • Smooth page transitions
• Programmatic viewer control:
  • Static closePDF() method for programmatic closing
  • Error handling for viewer operations
  • State management improvements
• Documentation updates:
  • Added examples for page tracking
  • Added examples for programmatic control
  • Updated API documentation

Changed

• Made closePDF() method static for consistency
• Improved error handling in method channel calls
• Enhanced example application with page tracking UI

0.1.0 - 2024-03-19

Added

• Initial release of Interactive PDF Viewer plugin
• Support for iOS 13.0+ using PDFKit and SF Symbols
• Basic PDF viewing capabilities:
  • Open PDFs from local storage
  • Open PDFs from URLs with progress tracking
  • Open PDFs from Flutter assets
• Interactive features:
  • Single tap to select sentences
  • Double tap to clear selections
  • Visual highlighting of selected text
  • Save button for selected sentences
• UI Components:
  • Custom close button (top left)
  • Save button for selected sentences (top right)
  • Full-screen PDF viewer
• Method channel communication:
  • onSelectedSentencesChanged callback for sentence selection
  • onSaveSelectedSentences callback for save actions
• Platform support:
  • iOS 13.0+ support
  • PDFKit integration
  • SF Symbols for UI elements

Known Limitations

• iOS-only support
• Requires iOS 13.0+ for PDFKit and SF Symbols
• Text highlighting covers entire lines
• Text position information is approximated
• Native text selection features not available

Future Improvements

• Implement precise text highlighting instead of line-based highlighting
• Add support for native text selection on iOS devices
• Improve text position accuracy
• Add support for text search functionality
• Implement text copying to clipboard
• Add support for annotations and comments