Generates a full-content PDF from your WebView. No print dialogs. Automatically opens the system share sheet or saves directly to the device.
Captures the entire page, not just the visible viewport. Multi-page content paginates automatically.
iOS and B4J require no extra setup.
Android's PdfPrint.jar is based on brettwold's gist, enhanced with a completion callback for silent PDF generation.
Usage
or export without the share sheet
Setup
Copy WebViewPdfExport.b4xlib to your B4X Additional Libraries folder.
Android only requires a couple of additional steps:
B4i: The PDF is generated at your WebView's current width. If your HTML has wide tables or layouts, make sure it's responsive or keep columns to a minimum so nothing gets clipped.
B4A: Content is re-rendered at A4 width regardless of screen size, so wider layouts are handled automatically.
B4J: The HTML is saved to a file and opened in the default browser. The user can then print or save as PDF from there — PDF quality depends on the browser's print engine.
Captures the entire page, not just the visible viewport. Multi-page content paginates automatically.
iOS and B4J require no extra setup.
Android's PdfPrint.jar is based on brettwold's gist, enhanced with a completion callback for silent PDF generation.
Usage
Usage::
Dim pdfExport As WebViewPdfExport
pdfExport.Initialize(myWebView)
Wait For (pdfExport.ExportAndShare("Report.pdf", "Share Report")) Complete (success As Boolean)
Save directly to device:
Wait For (pdfExport.ExportToFile("Report.pdf")) Complete (success As Boolean)Copy WebViewPdfExport.b4xlib to your B4X Additional Libraries folder.
Android only requires a couple of additional steps:
- Unzip and copy PdfPrint.jar to your B4A Additional Libraries folder
- Add to Main.bas:
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Android Main.bas:
#AdditionalJar: PdfPrint.jar - Add to Manifest Editor
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Android mainfest:
AddApplicationText( <provider android:name="android.support.v4.content.FileProvider" android:authorities="$PACKAGE$.provider" android:exported="false" android:grantUriPermissions="true"> <meta-data android:name="android.support.FILE_PROVIDER_PATHS" android:resource="@xml/provider_paths"/> </provider> ) CreateResource(xml, provider_paths, <files-path name="name" path="shared" /> )
B4i: The PDF is generated at your WebView's current width. If your HTML has wide tables or layouts, make sure it's responsive or keep columns to a minimum so nothing gets clipped.
B4A: Content is re-rendered at A4 width regardless of screen size, so wider layouts are handled automatically.
B4J: The HTML is saved to a file and opened in the default browser. The user can then print or save as PDF from there — PDF quality depends on the browser's print engine.