msoftware/documentreader

This library reads word documents (.doc and .docx), txt and PDF files, and gives the output content of the document as a String.

DocumentReader

This library reads word documents (.doc and .docx), txt and PDF files, and gives the output content of the document as a String.

If you have ever tried to read contents of a PDF or MS word document on Android, you know how painful it is. This library makes your work easy.

Dependency for build.gradle (Module: app)

1. repositories { ... maven { url 'https://jitpack.io' } }

2. dependencies { .... implementation 'com.github.Asutosh11:DocumentReader:0.11' }

How to use it?

// Read a pdf file from Uri
val docString : String = DocumentReaderUtil.readPdfFileContent(fileUri, applicationContext)
// Read a pdf file from File
val docString : String = DocumentReaderUtil.readPdfFileContent(file, applicationContext)

// read a doc file from Uri
val docString : String = DocumentReaderUtil.readWordDocFile(fileUri, applicationContext)
// read a doc file from File
val docString : String = DocumentReaderUtil.readWordDocFile(fileUri, applicationContext)

// read a docx file from Uri
val docString : String = DocumentReaderUtil.readWordDocFile(fileUri, applicationContext)
// read a docx file from File
val docString : String = DocumentReaderUtil.readWordDocFile(file, applicationContext)

// read a txt file from Uri
val docString : String = DocumentReaderUtil.readTxtFileContent(fileUri, applicationContext)

/*
Even if you don't know your file type, 
this library detects the file mime type and gives you the content of the file as a String
*/	      
val docString : String = when (DocumentReaderUtil.getMimeType(file, applicationContext)) {
        "text/plain" -> DocumentReaderUtil.readTxtFileContent(file, applicationContext)
        "application/pdf" -> DocumentReaderUtil.readPdfFileContent(file, applicationContext)
        "application/msword" -> DocumentReaderUtil.readWordDocFile(file, applicationContext)
        "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document" -> 
                                    DocumentReaderUtil.readWordDocFile(file, applicationContext)
         else -> ""
        }