printing 2.1.7

Plugin that allows Flutter apps to generate and print documents to android or ios compatible printers

example/lib/main.dart

import 'dart:async';
import 'dart:io';
import 'dart:typed_data';
import 'dart:ui' as ui;

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:flutter/rendering.dart';
import 'package:flutter/services.dart';
import 'package:path_provider/path_provider.dart';

import 'package:pdf/pdf.dart';
import 'package:pdf/widgets.dart' as pdf;
import 'package:printing/printing.dart';

import 'document.dart';
import 'viewer.dart';

void main() => runApp(MaterialApp(home: MyApp()));

class MyApp extends StatefulWidget {
  @override
  MyAppState createState() {
    return MyAppState();
  }
}

class MyAppState extends State<MyApp> {
  final GlobalKey<State<StatefulWidget>> shareWidget = GlobalKey();
  final GlobalKey<State<StatefulWidget>> pickWidget = GlobalKey();
  final GlobalKey<State<StatefulWidget>> previewContainer = GlobalKey();

  Printer selectedPrinter;

  Future<void> _printPdf() async {
    print('Print ...');
    final bool result = await Printing.layoutPdf(
        onLayout: (PdfPageFormat format) async =>
            (await generateDocument(format)).save());

    print('Document printed: $result');
  }

  Future<void> _saveAsFile() async {
    final Directory appDocDir = await getApplicationDocumentsDirectory();
    final String appDocPath = appDocDir.path;
    final File file = File(appDocPath + '/' + 'document.pdf');
    print('Save as file ${file.path} ...');
    await file.writeAsBytes((await generateDocument(PdfPageFormat.a4)).save());
    Navigator.push<dynamic>(
      context,
      MaterialPageRoute<dynamic>(
          builder: (BuildContext context) => PdfViewer(file: file)),
    );
  }

  Future<void> _pickPrinter() async {
    print('Pick printer ...');

    // Calculate the widget center for iPad sharing popup position
    final RenderBox referenceBox = pickWidget.currentContext.findRenderObject();
    final Offset topLeft =
        referenceBox.localToGlobal(referenceBox.paintBounds.topLeft);
    final Offset bottomRight =
        referenceBox.localToGlobal(referenceBox.paintBounds.bottomRight);
    final Rect bounds = Rect.fromPoints(topLeft, bottomRight);

    try {
      final Printer printer = await Printing.pickPrinter(bounds: bounds);
      print('Selected printer: $selectedPrinter');

      setState(() {
        selectedPrinter = printer;
      });
    } catch (e) {
      print(e);
    }
  }

  Future<void> _directPrintPdf() async {
    print('Direct print ...');
    final bool result = await Printing.directPrintPdf(
        printer: selectedPrinter,
        onLayout: (PdfPageFormat format) async =>
            (await generateDocument(PdfPageFormat.letter)).save());

    print('Document printed: $result');
  }

  Future<void> _sharePdf() async {
    print('Share ...');
    final pdf.Document document = await generateDocument(PdfPageFormat.a4);

    // Calculate the widget center for iPad sharing popup position
    final RenderBox referenceBox =
        shareWidget.currentContext.findRenderObject();
    final Offset topLeft =
        referenceBox.localToGlobal(referenceBox.paintBounds.topLeft);
    final Offset bottomRight =
        referenceBox.localToGlobal(referenceBox.paintBounds.bottomRight);
    final Rect bounds = Rect.fromPoints(topLeft, bottomRight);

    await Printing.sharePdf(
        bytes: document.save(), filename: 'my-résumé.pdf', bounds: bounds);
  }

  Future<void> _printScreen() async {
    final RenderRepaintBoundary boundary =
        previewContainer.currentContext.findRenderObject();
    final ui.Image im = await boundary.toImage();
    final ByteData bytes =
        await im.toByteData(format: ui.ImageByteFormat.rawRgba);
    print('Print Screen ${im.width}x${im.height} ...');

    Printing.layoutPdf(onLayout: (PdfPageFormat format) {
      final pdf.Document document = pdf.Document();

      final PdfImage image = PdfImage(document.document,
          image: bytes.buffer.asUint8List(),
          width: im.width,
          height: im.height);

      document.addPage(pdf.Page(
          pageFormat: format,
          build: (pdf.Context context) {
            return pdf.Center(
              child: pdf.Expanded(
                child: pdf.Image(image),
              ),
            ); // Center
          })); // Page

      return document.save();
    });
  }

  Future<void> _printHtml() async {
    print('Print html ...');
    await Printing.layoutPdf(onLayout: (PdfPageFormat format) async {
      final String html = await rootBundle.loadString('assets/example.html');
      return await Printing.convertHtml(format: format, html: html);
    });
  }

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    bool canDebug = false;
    assert(() {
      canDebug = true;
      return true;
    }());
    return RepaintBoundary(
        key: previewContainer,
        child: Scaffold(
          appBar: AppBar(
            title: const Text('Pdf Printing Example'),
          ),
          body: Center(
            child: Column(
              mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.spaceEvenly,
              children: <Widget>[
                RaisedButton(
                    child: const Text('Print Document'), onPressed: _printPdf),
                Row(
                  mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
                  children: <Widget>[
                    RaisedButton(
                        key: pickWidget,
                        child: const Text('Pick Printer'),
                        onPressed: _pickPrinter),
                    const SizedBox(width: 10),
                    RaisedButton(
                        child: Text(selectedPrinter == null
                            ? 'Direct Print'
                            : 'Print to $selectedPrinter'),
                        onPressed:
                            selectedPrinter != null ? _directPrintPdf : null),
                  ],
                ),
                RaisedButton(
                    key: shareWidget,
                    child: const Text('Share Document'),
                    onPressed: _sharePdf),
                RaisedButton(
                    child: const Text('Print Screenshot'),
                    onPressed: _printScreen),
                RaisedButton(
                    child: const Text('Save to file'), onPressed: _saveAsFile),
                RaisedButton(
                    child: const Text('Print Html'), onPressed: _printHtml),
                canDebug
                    ? Row(
                        mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
                        children: <Widget>[
                          const Text('Debug'),
                          Switch.adaptive(
                            onChanged: (bool value) {
                              setState(() {
                                pdf.Document.debug = value;
                              });
                            },
                            value: pdf.Document.debug,
                          ),
                        ],
                      )
                    : const SizedBox(),
              ],
            ),
          ),
        ));
  }
}