Print multiple PDF pages using Android 4.4 printing framework

Question

I want ask for help. I want print/create pdf document. I can create one pdf page and write data to this page via canvas. Problem is I dont know how I can create another pdf page and continue writing to this second page. If somebody has any experiences I will very help full I spend many time with this.

I use this: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/print/pdf/PrintedPdfDocument.html

Part of my code is there:

 private void doPrint(int _docNumber){
    docNumber = _docNumber;
    //get Printmanager instance
    PrintManager printManager = (PrintManager)this.getSystemService(Context.PRINT_SERVICE);
    // Set job name, which will be displayed in the print queue
    String jobName = getString(R.string.app_name) + " dokument";
    // Start a print job, passing in a PrintDocumentAdapter implementation
    // to handle the generation of a print document
    printManager.print(jobName, new MyPrintDocAdapter(), null);

    Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), "Príprava na tlač...", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}

public class MyPrintDocAdapter extends PrintDocumentAdapter
{
    Context context;
    private int pageHeight;
    private int pageWidth;
    public PdfDocument myPdfDocument;

    @Override
    public void onLayout(PrintAttributes oldAttributes, PrintAttributes newAttributes, CancellationSignal cancellationSignal, LayoutResultCallback callback, Bundle extras) {
        myPdfDocument = new PrintedPdfDocument(context, newAttributes);
        pageHeight = newAttributes.getMediaSize().getHeightMils()/1000 * 72;
        pageWidth = newAttributes.getMediaSize().getWidthMils()/1000 * 72;

        if (cancellationSignal.isCanceled() ) {
            callback.onLayoutCancelled();
            return;
        }

        if (totalpages > 0) {
            PrintDocumentInfo.Builder builder = new PrintDocumentInfo
                    .Builder("Dokument_"+ docNumber + ".pdf")
                    .setContentType(PrintDocumentInfo.CONTENT_TYPE_DOCUMENT)
                    .setPageCount(totalpages);

            PrintDocumentInfo info = builder.build();
            callback.onLayoutFinished(info, true);
        } else {
            callback.onLayoutFailed("Počet strán je nula.");
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void onWrite(final PageRange[] pageRanges, final ParcelFileDescriptor destination,
                        final CancellationSignal cancellationSignal, final WriteResultCallback callback) {
        for (int i = 0; i < totalpages; i++) {
            if (pageInRange(pageRanges, i))
            {
                PdfDocument.PageInfo newPage = new PdfDocument.PageInfo.Builder(pageWidth, pageHeight, i).create();
                PdfDocument.Page page = myPdfDocument.startPage(newPage);

                if (cancellationSignal.isCanceled()) {
                    callback.onWriteCancelled();
                    myPdfDocument.close();
                    myPdfDocument = null;
                    return;
                }

                switch (docNumber) {
                    case 1:  drawObjednavka(page, i);
                        break;
                    case 2:  drawVykaz(page, i);
                        break;
                    default: Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "Bad file format",Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
            }
                myPdfDocument.finishPage(page);
            }
        }

        try {
            myPdfDocument.writeTo(new FileOutputStream(destination.getFileDescriptor()));
        } catch (IOException e) {
            callback.onWriteFailed(e.toString());
            return;
        } finally {
            myPdfDocument.close();
            myPdfDocument = null;
        }
        callback.onWriteFinished(pageRanges);
    }

    private boolean pageInRange(PageRange[] pageRanges, int page)
    {
        for (int i = 0; i<pageRanges.length; i++)
        {
            if ((page >= pageRanges[i].getStart()) &&
                    (page <= pageRanges[i].getEnd()))
                return true;
        }
        return false;
    }

    private void drawObjednavka(PdfDocument.Page page, int pagenumber) {

        int verticalPosY = 0;
        canvas = page.getCanvas();
        pagenumber++; // Make sure page numbers start at 1

        Typeface tf = Typeface.create(Typeface.DEFAULT, Typeface.NORMAL); // there you can change type of font family, if needed PF
        PdfDocument.PageInfo pageInfo = page.getInfo();
        Paint paint = new Paint();
        paint.setTypeface(tf);
        paint.setColor(Color.BLACK);
        paint.setStrokeWidth(1F); //set line thickness

        paint.setTextSize(20);
        paint.setTypeface(Typeface.DEFAULT_BOLD);
        canvas.drawText("Objednávka", DEFAULT_LEFT_MARGIN_X, 30, paint);...

Answer 1

Since you are painting directly to a canvas, you can calculate the totalpages you need. When a new media size is selected by the user, you should redraw your pages according to the page dimensions and how you want to display the page.

Your code is ok, you just need to calculate the totalpages according to the media size selected by the user. You have pageWidth and pageHeight, and also you can get the margins via newAttributes.getMinMargins(). All the values you need are in newAttributes.