https://github.com/asutosh11/documentreader

This library reads word documents (.doc and .docx), txt and PDF files, and gives the output content of the document as a String.
https://github.com/asutosh11/documentreader

android-library docparser docx filereader kotlin kotlin-android pdf pdf-document pdfreader txtreader

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

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/asutosh11/documentreader
• Owner: Asutosh11
• License: mit
• Created: 2020-07-26T17:18:18.000Z (over 4 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-01-27T18:07:33.000Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-01-08T22:22:25.451Z (16 days ago)
• Topics: android-library, docparser, docx, filereader, kotlin, kotlin-android, pdf, pdf-document, pdfreader, txtreader
• Language: Kotlin
• Homepage:
• Size: 171 KB
• Stars: 97
• Watchers: 5
• Forks: 16
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# 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 (Project level)

```

repositories {

  ...

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

}

```


Dependency for build.gradle (Module: app)

```

dependencies {

  ....

  implementation 'com.github.Asutosh11:DocumentReader:0.12'

  

  // NOTE: use this only if you get a multidex exception

  implementation "androidx.multidex:multidex:2.0.1"

}

```


```

// NOTE: use this only if you get an error like - More than one file was found with OS independent path

packagingOptions {

   exclude 'META-INF/DEPENDENCIES'

   exclude 'META-INF/INDEX.LIST'

   exclude 'META-INF/spring.handlers'

   exclude 'META-INF/spring.schemas'

   exclude 'META-INF/cxf/bus-extensions.txt'

}

```

```

// NOTE: use this only if you get a multidex exception

defaultConfig {

   ...

   multiDexEnabled true

}

```


How to use it?


```

// Read a pdf file from Uri

val docString : String = DocumentReaderUtil.readPdfFromUri(fileUri, applicationContext)

// Read a pdf file from File

val docString : String = DocumentReaderUtil.readPdfFromFile(file, applicationContext)

```

```

// read a doc file from Uri

val docString : String = DocumentReaderUtil.readWordDocFromUri(fileUri, applicationContext)

// read a doc file from File

val docString : String = DocumentReaderUtil.readWordDocFromFile(file, applicationContext)

```

```

// read a docx file from Uri

val docString : String = DocumentReaderUtil.readWordDocFromUri(fileUri, applicationContext)

// read a docx file from File

val docString : String = DocumentReaderUtil.readWordDocFromFile(file, applicationContext)

```

```

// read a txt file from Uri

val docString : String = DocumentReaderUtil.readTxtFromUri(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(fileUri, applicationContext)) {

        "text/plain" -> DocumentReaderUtil.readTxtFromUri(fileUri, applicationContext)

        "application/pdf" -> DocumentReaderUtil.readPdfFromUri(fileUri, applicationContext)

        "application/msword" -> DocumentReaderUtil.readWordDocFromUri(fileUri, applicationContext)

        "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document" -> 

                                        DocumentReaderUtil.readWordDocFromUri(fileUri, applicationContext)

         else -> ""

	 }

```




Thanks

The Apache Tika project


Apache's PdfBox port by TomRoush