pdfx 1.0.1+1

Flutter plugin to render & show PDF pages as images on Web, MacOS, Windows, Android and iOS.

PDFx

Flutter Render & show PDF documents on Web, MacOs 10.11+, Android 5.0+, iOS and Windows.

Showcase

Live	Screenshot

Getting Started

In your flutter project add the dependency:

flutter pub add pdfx

For web run tool for automatically add pdfjs library in index.html:

flutter pub run pdfx:install_web

For windows run tool automatically add override for pdfium version property in CMakeLists.txt file:

flutter pub run pdfx:install_windows

Usage example

import 'package:pdfx/pdfx.dart';

final pdfController = PdfController(
  document: PdfDocument.openAsset('assets/sample.pdf'),
);

Widget pdfView() => PdfViewPinch(
  controller: pdfController,
);

Api

PdfDocument

Parameter	Description	Default
sourceName	Needed for toString method. Contains a method for opening a document (file, data or asset)	-
id	Document unique id. Generated when opening document.	-
pagesCount	All pages count in document. Starts from 1.	-
isClosed	Is the document closed	-

Local document open:

// From assets (Android, Ios, MacOs, Web)
PdfDocument.openAsset('assets/sample.pdf')

// From file (Android, Ios, MacOs)
PdfDocument.openFile('path/to/file/on/device')

// From data (Android, Ios, MacOs, Web)
PdfDocument.openData((FutureOr<Uint8List>) data)

Network document open:

Install [network_file] package (supports all platforms):

flutter pub add internet_file

And use it

import 'package:internet_file/internet_file.dart';

PdfDocument.openData(InternetFile.get('https://github.com/rbcprolabs/packages.flutter/raw/fd0c92ac83ee355255acb306251b1adfeb2f2fd6/packages/native_pdf_renderer/example/assets/sample.pdf'))

Open page:

final page = document.getPage(pageNumber); // Starts from 1

Close document:

document.close();

PdfPage

Parameter	Description	Default
document	Parent document	Parent
id	Page unique id. Needed for rendering and closing page. Generated when opening page.	-
width	Page source width in pixels, int	-
height	Page source height in pixels, int	-
isClosed	Is the page closed	false

Render image:

final pageImage = page.render(
  // rendered image width resolution, required
  width: page.width * 2,
  // rendered image height resolution, required
  height: page.height * 2,

  // Rendered image compression format, also can be PNG, WEBP*
  // Optional, default: PdfPageImageFormat.PNG
  // Web not supported
  format: PdfPageImageFormat.JPEG,

  // Image background fill color for JPEG
  // Optional, default '#ffffff'
  // Web not supported
  backgroundColor: '#ffffff',

  // Crop rect in image for render
  // Optional, default null
  // Web not supported
  cropRect: Rect.fromLTRB(left, top, right, bottom),
);

PdfPageImage

Parameter	Description	Default
id	Page unique id. Needed for rendering and closing page. Generated when render page.	-
pageNumber	Page number. The first page is 1.	-
width	Width of the rendered area in pixels, int	-
height	Height of the rendered area in pixels, int	-
bytes	Rendered image result, Uint8List	-
format	Rendered image compression format, for web always PNG	PdfPageImageFormat.PNG

Close page:
Before open new page android asks to close the past.
If this is not done, the application may crash with an error

page.close();

* PdfPageImageFormat.WEBP support only on android

Rendering additional info

On Web

This plugin uses the PDF.js

On Android

This plugin uses the Android native PdfRenderer

On Ios & MacOs

This plugin uses the iOS & MacOs native CGPDFPage

On Windows

This plugin uses PDFium