react-native-html-to-pdf-script

Convert html strings to PDF documents using React Native

Installation

1. Run npm install react-native-html-to-pdf-script --save

Option 1: Automatic

2. Run react-native link

Option 2: Manual

iOS

2. Open your project in XCode, right click on Libraries and select Add Files to "Your Project Name.
3. Add libRNHTMLtoPDF.a to Build Phases -> Link Binary With Libraries (Screenshot).

Android

• Edit android/settings.gradle to included

include ':react-native-html-to-pdf-script'
project(':react-native-html-to-pdf-script').projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir,'../node_modules/react-native-html-to-pdf-script/android')

• Edit android/app/build.gradle file to include

dependencies {
  ....
  compile project(':react-native-html-to-pdf-script')

}

• Edit MainApplication.java to include

// import the package
import com.christopherdro.htmltopdf.RNHTMLtoPDFPackage;

// include package
new MainReactPackage(),
new RNHTMLtoPDFPackage()

• Add the following WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission to AndroidManifest.xml

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>

Also starting from Android M, users need to be prompted for permission dynamically. Follow this link for more details on how to do that.

Usage

import React, { Component } from "react";

import { Text, TouchableHighlight, View } from "react-native";

import RNHTMLtoPDF from "react-native-html-to-pdf-script";

export default class Example extends Component {
  async createPDF() {
    let options = {
      html: "<h1>PDF TEST</h1>",
      fileName: "test",
      directory: "Documents",
    };

    let file = await RNHTMLtoPDF.convert(options);
    // console.log(file.filePath);
    alert(file.filePath);
  }

  render() {
    return (
      <View>
        <TouchableHighlight onPress={this.createPDF}>
          <Text>Create PDF</Text>
        </TouchableHighlight>
      </View>
    );
  }
}

Options

| Param | Type | Default | Note | | ----------- | --------- | ----------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | html | string | | HTML string to be converted | | fileName | string | Random | Custom Filename excluding .pdf extension | | base64 | boolean | false | return base64 string of pdf file (not recommended) | | directory | string | default cache directory | Directory where the file will be created (Documents folder in example above). Please note, on iOS Documents is the only custom value that is accepted. | | height | number | 792 | Set document height (points) | | width | number | 612 | Set document width (points) |

iOS Only

| Param | Type | Default | Note | | --------------- | ------ | ------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | paddingLeft | number | 10 | Outer left padding (points) | | paddingRight | number | 10 | Outer right padding (points) | | paddingTop | number | 10 | Outer top padding (points) | | paddingBottom | number | 10 | Outer bottom padding (points) | | padding | number | 10 | Outer padding for any side (points), overrides any padding listed before | | bgColor | string | #F6F5F0 | Background color in Hexadecimal |

Android Only

| Param | Type | Default | Note | | ------- | ----- | ------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | | fonts | Array | | Allow custom fonts ['/fonts/TimesNewRoman.ttf', '/fonts/Verdana.ttf'] |