react-native-pdf

A react native PDF view component (cross-platform support)

Feature

• read a PDF from url/local file/asset and can cache it.
• display horizontally or vertically
• drag and zoom
• double tap for zoom
• support password protected pdf

Installation

We use rn-fetch-blob to handle file system access in this package, So you should install react-native-pdf and rn-fetch-blob

npm install rn-fetch-blob --save
npm install react-native-pdf --save

react-native link rn-fetch-blob
react-native link react-native-pdf

FAQ

Q1. After installation and running, I can not see the pdf file.
A1: maybe you forgot to excute react-native link or it does not run correctly. You can add it manually. For detail you can see the issue #24 and #2

Q2. When running, it shows 'Pdf' has no propType for native prop RCTPdf.acessibilityLabel of native type 'String'
A2. Your react-native version is too old, please upgrade it to 0.47.0+ see also #39

Q3. When I run the example app I get a white screen / the loading bar isn't progressing on IOS.
A3. Check your uri, if you hit a pdf that is hosted on a http you will need to add an exception for the server hosting the pdf in the ios info.plist. Here is an example :

<key>NSAppTransportSecurity</key>
<dict>
  <key>NSExceptionDomains</key>
  <dict>
    <key>yourserver.com</key>
    <dict>
      <!--Include to allow subdomains-->
      <key>NSIncludesSubdomains</key>
      <true/>
      <!--Include to allow HTTP requests-->
      <key>NSTemporaryExceptionAllowsInsecureHTTPLoads</key>
      <true/>
      <!--Include to specify minimum TLS version-->
      <key>NSTemporaryExceptionMinimumTLSVersion</key>
      <string>TLSv1.1</string>
    </dict>
  </dict>
</dict>

Q4. why doesn't it work with react native expo?.
A4. Expo does not support native module. you can read more expo caveats here

ChangeLog

v5.0.5

1. add minScale, maxScale props
2. fix pdf display box
3. fix Content-length check

v5.0.4

1. fix ios background not work
2. fix can not show two pdf in in one page

v5.0.3

1. add enableAnnotationRendering property support, default enableAnnotationRendering=true
2. android build.gradle can reference root project sdk and buildTool setting
3. fix ios progressbar not work

v5.0.2

1. fix file successfully download check

v5.0.1

1. add paging support (ios and android)
2. add RTL support (ios)
3. fix position when set page (ios)

v5.0.0 (break change)

1. use iOS PDFKit to show pdf (iOS SDK>=11)
2. use js+native to show pdf (iOS SDK<11, the same with 4.0.0)
3. support pdf with layers (iOS SDK>=11)
4. support pdf with links (iOS SDK>=11)
5. fix zoom (iOS SDK>=11)

v4.0.0 (break change)

1. replace dependence lib react-native-fetch-blob with rn-fetch-blob if you upgrade from an old version, you should

react-native unlink react-native-fetch-blob
npm uninstall react-native-fetch-blob

npm install rn-fetch-blob --save
react-native link rn-fetch-blob

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Example

/**
 * Copyright (c) 2017-present, Wonday (@wonday.org)
 * All rights reserved.
 *
 * This source code is licensed under the MIT-style license found in the
 * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
 */

import React from 'react';
import { StyleSheet, Dimensions, View } from 'react-native';

import Pdf from 'react-native-pdf';

export default class PDFExample extends React.Component {
    render() {
        const source = {uri:'http://samples.leanpub.com/thereactnativebook-sample.pdf',cache:true};
        //const source = require('./test.pdf');  // ios only
        //const source = {uri:'bundle-assets://test.pdf'};

        //const source = {uri:'file:///sdcard/test.pdf'};
        //const source = {uri:"data:application/pdf;base64,..."};

        return (
            <View style={styles.container}>
                <Pdf
                    source={source}
                    onLoadComplete={(numberOfPages,filePath)=>{
                        console.log(`number of pages: ${numberOfPages}`);
                    }}
                    onPageChanged={(page,numberOfPages)=>{
                        console.log(`current page: ${page}`);
                    }}
                    onError={(error)=>{
                        console.log(error);
                    }}
                    style={styles.pdf}/>
            </View>
        )
  }
}

const styles = StyleSheet.create({
    container: {
        flex: 1,
        justifyContent: 'flex-start',
        alignItems: 'center',
        marginTop: 25,
    },
    pdf: {
        flex:1,
        width:Dimensions.get('window').width,
    }
});

Configuration

Property	Type	Default	Description	iOS	Android	FirstRelease
source	object	not null	PDF source like {uri:xxx, cache:false}. see the following for detail.	✔	✔	<3.0
page	number	1	initial page index	✔	✔	<3.0
scale	number	1.0	should minScale<=scale<=maxScale	✔	✔	<3.0
minScale	number	1.0	max scale	✔	✔	5.0.5
maxScale	number	3.0	min scale	✔	✔	5.0.5
horizontal	bool	false	draw page direction, if you want to listen the orientation change, you can use [react-native-orientation-locker]	✔	✔	<3.0
fitWidth	bool	false	if true fit the width of view, can not use fitWidth=true together with scale	✔	✔	<3.0, abandoned from 3.0
fitPolicy	number	2	0:fit width, 1:fit height, 2:fit both(default)	✔	✔	3.0
spacing	number	10	the breaker size between pages	✔	✔	<3.0
password	string	""	pdf password, if password error, will call OnError() with message "Password required or incorrect password."	✔	✔	<3.0
style	object	{backgroundColor:"#eee"}	support normal view style, you can use this to set border/spacing color...	✔	✔	<3.0
activityIndicator	Component		when loading show it as an indicator, you can use your component	✔	✔	<3.0
activityIndicatorProps	object	{color:'#009900',progressTintColor:'#009900'}	activityIndicator props	✔	✔	3.1
enableAntialiasing	bool	true	improve rendering a little bit on low-res screens, but maybe course some problem on Android 4.4, so add a switch	✖	✔	<3.0
enablePaging	bool	false	only show one page in screen	✔	✔	5.0.1
enableRTL	bool	false	scroll page as "page3, page2, page1"	✔	✖	5.0.1
enableAnnotationRendering	bool	true	enable rendering annotation, notice:iOS only support initial setting,not support realtime changing	✔	✔	5.0.3
onLoadProgress	function(percent)	null	callback when loading, return loading progress (0-1)	✔	✔	<3.0
onLoadComplete	function(numberOfPages, path, {width, height})	null	callback when pdf load completed, return total page count and pdf local/cache path	✔	✔	<3.0
onPageChanged	function(page,numberOfPages)	null	callback when page changed ,return current page and total page count	✔	✔	<3.0
onError	function(error)	null	callback when error happened	✔	✔	<3.0
onPageSingleTap	function(page)	null	callback when page was single tapped	✔	✔	3.0
onScaleChanged	function(scale)	null	callback when scale page	✔	✔	3.0

parameters of source

parameter	Description	default	iOS	Android
uri	pdf source, see the forllowing for detail.	required	✔	✔
cache	use cache or not	false	✔	✔
expiration	cache file expired seconds (0 is not expired)	0	✔	✔
method	request method when uri is a url	"GET"	✔	✔
headers	request headers when uri is a url	{}	✔	✔

types of source.uri

Usage	Description	iOS	Android
{uri:"http://xxx/xxx.pdf"}	load pdf from a url	✔	✔
{require("./test.pdf")}	load pdf relate to js file (do not need add by xcode)	✔	✖
{uri:"bundle-assets://path/to/xxx.pdf"}	load pdf from assets, the file should be at android/app/src/main/assets/path/to/xxx.pdf	✖	✔
{uri:"bundle-assets://xxx.pdf"}	load pdf from assets, you must add pdf to project by xcode. this does not support folder.	✔	✖
{uri:"base64data"}	load pdf from base64 string	✔	✔
{uri:"file:///absolute/path/to/xxx.pdf"}	load pdf from local file system	✔	✔