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PDF parsing library for Android?
How to read pdf in my android application?

I have to make a application that would read a PDF document. I don't want to use external application to read PDF document.

is there an API for reading PDF that i can implement in my application? a API that will let me search and extract text from a PDF document.

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    Have you tried search before - stackoverflow.com/q/10299839/940096 And, if you wanna do some features like extract text and searching text and etc. You can take a look at this Commented Oct 15, 2012 at 13:34
  • what you're trying to achieve is slightly outside the android philosophy. Android was buit on small re-usable blocks (heritage from it's linux base), so that you can focus on your actual app and not have to re-write existing stuff. Commented Oct 15, 2012 at 14:01
  • @Budius what do you mean by re-write existing stuff? Commented Oct 15, 2012 at 14:05

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You can use ITextPDf Tool Library Tool Example

Or you can create a blank file and write on it as a byte code like this Example

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Thanks for the answer but i want a API that would Search and Extract text from a PDF Document.
I think there is no direct API for PDF in android.
@ChristianEricParan PDF document parsing in iText recently has evolved substantially; depending on your requirements you might, therefore, want to look at a current version of it (5.3.x). It comercially is also available in a special Android version.

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