Android and Apache PDFBox

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Is Apache PDFBox compatible with Android?

I cannot use iText since it has some kind of licensing associated with it. If Apache PDFBox is not comptabile with Android then is there any other open source lib available that can be used for Android?

possible duplicate of [PDF Library for Android - PDFBox?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5952626/pdf-library-for-android-pdfbox) — Martin Schröder, Oct 01 '14 at 13:35

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 30 '14 at 05:52

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To create pdf using your app,

You can use PdfDocument if your app is for users who have android devices having api 19 or above.

Otherwise you can use open-sourced library named Android PDF Writer

I hope it will be helpful !!

answered Apr 30 '14 at 05:52

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but this is available only for API 19 what about the devices which are still supporting API below 19. – androidDev May 05 '14 at 06:28
I have tried PDFBox but getting error http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23290698/creating-pdf-in-android-using-pdfbox – androidDev May 05 '14 at 06:28
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@androidDev: you can use Android PDF Writer which supports lower versions too. – Mehul Joisar May 05 '14 at 09:39
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: crl.android.pdfwriter.PDFWriter I am getting this error when using Android PDF writer – androidDev May 07 '14 at 09:19
You need to add that class – Mehul Joisar May 07 '14 at 09:33
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Thanks, I was able to create PDF after 2 weeks effort :-) Can we create tables also using Android PDF writer – androidDev May 08 '14 at 06:56
@androidDev: AFAIK, there is no such implementation in open sourced library Android PDF Writer. You can use iTextPdf library which is commercial library – Mehul Joisar May 08 '14 at 07:09
I have a android project.I need to add it to pdf viewing funtionality.can anyone tell me how to use pdfbox for this? – asliyanage Oct 01 '14 at 09:22

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:30

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I used Android Port of PDFBox(Link to answer) and works as a charm

edited May 23 '17 at 10:30

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answered Dec 26 '16 at 08:19

Morteza Rastgoo

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