Is it possible to embed (without download) a PDF file in a one view bilingual Android app?

Question

Does anyone know if the following project is achievable for an Android app:

• One view only
• PDF file embedded
• PDF file read into the app (not into Adobe Acrobat)
• PDF file cannot be downloaded into the user's Android device
• Only zooming page needed (and support of the internal PDF's hyperlinks)
• Bilingual / the PDF file being different according to the user's personal language settings

That project is the twin one of a very simple bilingual iOS App consisting of a PDF file embedded in a UIWebview.

I searched a lot on the subject, and I can't really tell if that twin project is achievable. If so, would there be an example of it somewhere ?

Thanks very much !

Answer 1

You can keep the file in Assets directory and you can use Asset Manager to access the file.

 AssetManager assetManager = getAssets();

        try {
            InputStream tinstr = assetManager.open("myjpg.pdf");
            mDefaultThumbnail = BitmapFactory.decodeStream (tinstr);
            tinstr.close ();
        } catch (IOException ioe) {
            ioe.printStackTrace ();
        }