How to load PDF in Xamarin Forms

Question

I have a Xamarin Forms app where I want to open a locally stored PDF. I don\'t need to load them within the app, I\'m fine with shelling out to the device\'s default documen

Answer 1

I had to do something and solve it using a DependencyService . You can use it to open the pdf depending on each platform

I show you an example of how to solve it on Android :

IPdfCreator.cs:

public interface IPdfCreator
    {
        void ShowPdfFile();
    }

MainPage.cs:

private void Button_OnClicked(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    DependencyService.Get().ShowPdfFile();
}

PdfCreatorAndroid.cs

[assembly: Dependency(typeof(PdfCreatorAndroid))]
namespace Example.Droid.DependecyServices
{
    public class PdfCreatorAndroid : IPdfCreator
    {

        public void ShowPdfFile()
        {
            var fileLocation = "/sdcard/Template.pdf";
            var file = new File(fileLocation);

            if (!file.Exists())
                return;

            var intent = DisplayPdf(file);
            Forms.Context.StartActivity(intent);
        }

        public Intent DisplayPdf(File file)
        {
            var intent = new Intent(Intent.ActionView);
            var filepath = Uri.FromFile(file);
            intent.SetDataAndType(filepath, "application/pdf");
            intent.SetFlags(ActivityFlags.ClearTop);
            return intent;
        }
    }
}

Result: http://i.stack.imgur.com/vrwzt.png