I've tried several browsers and all have the same limitation: The inability to present embedded PDF documents on a web page.
Mind you that I am not talking about links to PDFs (Dolphin has an add-on that allows for direct download of a PDF from a web page link), I mean a PDF "object" already embedded in the page.
As far as I am concerned, if there's a technical impossibility then this is a serious Android shortcoming, one that rivals the ever-so-much multi-propagated iOS limitation to display Flash content.
What is your verdict, programming "gurus", is it a technical impossibility or just something no one has yet set their minds into?
...My company rosters are displayed like that and, at the present, when accessing from my Galaxy, all I get is a blank field where the generated roster should be, on the web page.
(...and so on...)
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Hello,
Do you know any good software for creating PDF files right on the mobile device? I've found FluidPDF, but I was wondering if there are others (cheaper or free).
Thanks
I have very little experience creating PDFs, but on the rare occasions that I have created PDFs I used two different methods...Adobo Photoshop, which is clearly not an option for you, and web-based PDF creators. As in you upload a word document and it outputs a PDF. Not exactly an elegant solution, but it would prob work and there are many such free websites around. Use Word Mobile to create a doc and then upload it. You could get creative and create a local website on your device with the upload parameters, that way you wouldn't have to do as much browsing.
Yeah, I know I can do it that way too, but is not really an option for me. Thanks
try this
http://pocketpcapps.net/pocketpdf.aspx
Hi,
this is my first Android App, so please bear with me if there are still errors. It was a major task to start Android programming with such a tough idea, but well, I did not say I started programming with this app
DroidReader is a PDF Reader Application. It uses native code in the background, to be specific, it uses the MuPDF rendering software/library. I'm aware of existing closed source PDF readers and some approaches to do it all in Java. So this should be different as for now.
DroidReader is Free and Open Source Software (licence is GPL v3).
The App and its sources are available at Google Code:
http : // code.google.com / p / droidreader
The App is now (since v0.3) also available via SlideME.
(I'm sorry, I can't post a full link as of now, as I'm still a "new user" on this forum, despite reading it since years... so please remove the spaces for now, I think I'll get that settled soon.)
Note for users: This application needs a file manager in order to open PDF files. Generally, you should be able to use a file manager of your choice and just click on the PDF. If you want to use the "Open" menu item, then a filemanager that understands the openintent.org's PICK_FILE intent is needed, e.g. the OI File Manager.
This App needs at minimum the Android 1.5 platform.
Changelog:
v0.5: rewiring of code, noticeable to end user: smaller install footprint, better cmap handling, small changes & bug fixes
v0.4: support for automatic tilesize calculation, now it should work on bigger screens, too. Also there is now a configuration dialog that allows to specify the default zoom level.
v0.3: added an "about" dialog
v0.2: lots of improvements, UI slightly modified for easier navigation, zoom&rotation fully implemented, ability to open password-protected PDFs, CJK support, lots of bugfixes
v0.1: initial version, still very rough and not all that shiny and thus not yet in the Market. Download available on the project's homepage.
Please note that any comments are very welcome! You can comment in this thread (and I will try to answer any questions ASAP) or on the mailing list (see the project's home page).
Similar approach in another project
Hi again, I just became aware of a similar project (well, as I said: I did this to learn Android programming as well, so this doesn't mean my time was wasted). I hope that we can combine our efforts soon. It is also at Google Code (and I still cannot post Links) and it is called "Android PDF Viewer", and has a short Acronym which appears as project name in URLs: APV. It also uses the MuPDF library and is also GPLv3. Just for your information.
To have an android PDF reader with the capability to make annotation and highlights is the most important thing. Apple has that software called "iannotate" and it manages it perfect. Android should have one. Is ther any expert working on this?
Best reader for Pandigital Novel
DroidReader is the best PDF reader I've found for use on the Pandigital Novel (hacked). All the others require one to drag your finger to move from page to page. That isn't as handy as the next and previous buttons. Adobe's reader is useless because it doesn't let you jump to a page.
I wish you'd enhance DroidReader to remember the last page in a PDF. I've also found some pdfs it won't open, but Android PDF Viewer will. The problem with Android PDF Viewer is that it is SLOW (unless I'm using a different one than you are referring to). It is so slow that it is unusable on the Novel.
Thank you for the feedback. I think I can manage to finally hack a bit further on this and your suggestion is certainly among the easier things still in the pipeline. I got a bit distracted recently, but I'm still motivated to further improve Droidreader. Being distracted, I am also not very up-to-date as to what's the fastest PDF reader available... I think in about two weeks, some development efforts should been done... I'll update this thread then!
123Clip is a free, handy tool for Android that allows you to select or “clip” portions of a web page and save them to your SD card for offline viewing.
Clips can include any number of images and/or blocks of text selected by the user or even the entire web page.
Unlike in regular saved web pages, the HTML blocks in these clips are arranged in a one-column, inline format more suitable for mobile viewing – particularly useful
when it comes to web pages that don’t have mobile variants.
you can download it from android market( search word: 123clip)
Hi experts,
I am an reasonably good php scripter, but know just the very very basics of mobile app development (Java/Smali/Android Studio).
I really have no interest in trying to learn enough to build a decent app as time is a big limiting factor for me.
I have an idea for an app, and I know I could do the whole thing in php quite easily, but I would like it to be a downloadable app, is it possible to write my software in php, and then have a very basic android/IOS app that basically just loads the website, the only thing the app needs to do, is run the webpages in fullscreen and hide any browser elements (url bar, scroll bar etc). The only thing that may be challenging is enabling "swipe" abilities, but I can live without that and just use hyperlinks for moving around, I would also look at preloading content so the app runs smooth. At some point if the app gets any interest I would pay to get ti developed properly.
Keen to hear your thoughts - maybe there are other apps already doing this I can copy, and I know some may say why not just make it browser based, but I believe the app store itself its the critical part of advertising and exposure of this service, also means I can release a real app version in the future and have it pushed to all devices.
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Koa11y is a desktop app which scans any specific web page for accessibility issues.
The program looks for a wide range of problems: missing image Alt attributes, missing titles, colour contrast issues, lengthy ALTs, poorly designed forms, and anything else that doesn't play nicely with accessibility software and APIs.
Koa11y is aimed at professionals, not the casual user. The reports are comprehensive and detailed, organising any issues into three categories: Errors (fix now), Warnings (take a look), and Notices (suggestions). Take a look at a sample report here.
While there's a lot of web analysis going on here, the program itself is very simple. At a minimum, you might just enter a URL, specify an output folder and click Run. An HTML report file is produced within seconds.
If HTML doesn't suit your needs, the program can save reports in CSV, JSON, XML and Markdown.
Experts can also validate the page using several standards. WCAG2AA is the default; WCAG2A is a little more lenient, WCAG2AAA a little more strict; and Section 508 is a separate US government standard.
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