PSPDFKit Flutter

PSPDFKit for Flutter is available at pub.dev and GitHub.

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For our quick-start guides, check out our website.

Platform specific README exists for Android and iOS.

Setup

Integration into a New Flutter App

Android

Requirements

The latest stable version of Flutter
The latest stable version of Android Studio
The Android NDK
An Android Virtual Device or a hardware device

Getting Started

Create a Flutter project called pspdfkit_demo with the flutter CLI:
```
flutter create --org com.example.pspdfkit_demo pspdfkit_demo
```
In the terminal app, change the location of the current working directory to your project:
```
cd pspdfkit_demo
```
Open the project’s main activity class, android/app/src/main/kotlin/com/example/pspdfkit_demo/pspdfkit_demo/MainActivity.kt:
```
open android/app/src/main/kotlin/com/example/pspdfkit_demo/pspdfkit_demo/MainActivity.kt
```

Modify the base from FlutterActivity to FlutterFragmentActivity:

 package com.example.pspdfkit_demo.pspdfkit_demo

-import io.flutter.embedding.android.FlutterActivity
+import io.flutter.embedding.android.FlutterFragmentActivity

-class MainActivity: FlutterActivity() {
+class MainActivity: FlutterFragmentActivity() {
 }

Open the project’s Gradle build file, android/build.gradle:
```
open android/build.gradle
```

Modify the Kotlin version inside the buildscript section:

 buildscript {
-    ext.kotlin_version = '1.3.50'
+    ext.kotlin_version = '1.5.31'
     repositories {
         google()
         mavenCentral()
     }
 ...

Open the app’s Gradle build file, android/app/build.gradle:
```
open android/app/build.gradle
```

Modify the minimum SDK version, and enable multidex. All this is done inside the android section:

 android {
     defaultConfig {
-        minSdkVersion flutter.minSdkVersion
+        minSdkVersion 21
         ...
+        multiDexEnabled true
     }
 }

Open pubspec.yaml:
```
open pubspec.yaml
```

Add the PSPDFKit dependency in pubspec.yaml:

 dependencies:
   flutter:
     sdk: flutter
+  pspdfkit_flutter: any

From the terminal app, run the following command to get all the packages:

```bash
flutter pub get
```

Then run the command below to upgrade the dependencies:
```
flutter pub upgrade
```
Open lib/main.dart and replace the entire content with the contents of demo_project_main.dart.txt. This simple example will load a PDF document from local device filesystem.
Add the PDF document you want to display in your project’s assets directory.
- First create a PDFs directory:
```
mkdir PDFs
```
- Move a sample document into the newly created PDFs directory, and rename it as Document.pdf:
```
cp ~/Downloads/PSPDFKit.pdf PDFs/Document.pdf
```

Specify the assets directory in pubspec.yaml:

 # The following section is specific to Flutter.
 flutter:
+  assets:
+    - PDFs/
 ...

Start your Android emulator, or connect a device.
Run the app with:
```
flutter run
```

iOS

Requirements

Getting Started

Create a Flutter project called pspdfkit_demo with the flutter CLI:
```
flutter create --org com.example.pspdfkit_demo pspdfkit_demo
```
In the terminal app, change the location of the current working directory to your project:
```
cd pspdfkit_demo
```
Open Runner.xcworkspace from the ios folder in Xcode:
```
open ios/Runner.xcworkspace
```
Make sure the iOS Deployment Target is set to 14.0 or higher.
Change “View controller-based status bar appearance” to YES in Info.plist.

Add the PSPDFKit dependency in pubspec.yaml:

 dependencies:
   flutter:
     sdk: flutter
+  pspdfkit_flutter:

From the terminal app, run the following command to get all the packages:
```
flutter pub get
```
Then run the command below to upgrade the dependencies:
```
flutter pub upgrade
```
Open your project’s Podfile in a text editor:
```
open ios/Podfile
```

Update the platform to iOS 14 and add the PSPDFKit Podspec:

-# platform :ios, '9.0'
+ platform :ios, '14.0'
 ...
 target 'Runner' do
   use_frameworks!
   use_modular_headers!`

   flutter_install_all_ios_pods File.dirname(File.realpath(__FILE__))
+  pod 'PSPDFKit', podspec:'https://customers.pspdfkit.com/pspdfkit-ios/latest.podspec'
 end

Open lib/main.dart and replace the entire content with the contents of demo_project_main.dart.txt. This simple example will load a PDF document from local device filesystem.
Add the PDF document you want to display in your project’s assets directory.
- First create a PDFs directory:
```
mkdir PDFs
```
- Move a sample document into the newly created PDFs directory, and rename it as Document.pdf:
```
cp ~/Downloads/PSPDFKit.pdf PDFs/Document.pdf
```

Specify the assets directory in pubspec.yaml:

 # The following section is specific to Flutter.
 flutter:
+  assets:
+    - PDFs/
 ...

Run flutter emulators --launch apple_ios_simulator to launch the iOS Simulator.
Run the app with:
```
flutter run
```

Example App

To see PSPDFKit Flutter in action check out our Flutter example app.

Showing a PDF document inside your Flutter app is as simple as this:

```dart
Pspdfkit.present('file:///path/to/Document.pdf');
```

Upgrading to a Full PSPDFKit License Key

PSPDFKit is a commercial product and requires the purchase of a license key when used in production. By default, this library will initialize in demo mode, placing a watermark on each PDF and limiting usage to 60 minutes.

To purchase a license for production use, please reach out to us via https://pspdfkit.com/sales/form/.

To initialize PSPDFKit using a license key, call either of the following before using any other PSPDFKit APIs or features:

To set the license key for both Android and iOS, use:

await Pspdfkit.setLicenseKeys("YOUR_FLUTTER_ANDROID_LICENSE_KEY_GOES_HERE", "YOUR_FLUTTER_IOS_LICENSE_KEY_GOES_HERE");

To set the license key for the currently running platform, use:

await Pspdfkit.setLicenseKey("YOUR_FLUTTER_LICENSE_KEY_GOES_HERE");

Migrating from Previous Version

To upgrade PSPDFKit for Flutter in your app, please refer to the Upgrade and Migration Guides section.

Troubleshooting

For Troubleshooting common issues you might encounter when setting up PSPDFKit for Flutter, please refer to the Troubleshooting section.

GitHub

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