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Flutterish PDF Viewer - Demo App

This is a demonstration Flutter web application showcasing all the features of the Flutterish PDF Viewer package.

🌐 Live Demo

Visit the live demo at: https://evaisse.github.io/flutterish_pdf_viewer/

Overview

This example demonstrates how to use the flutterish_pdf_viewer package.

Features Demonstrated

Main Demo (lib/main.dart)

• Loading PDF from URL
• Basic viewer with built-in controls
• Download functionality

Additional Examples (lib/examples/)

Asset PDF Example (asset_pdf_example.dart)

• Load PDF from app assets
• Handle loading states
• Error handling

Custom Controls Example (custom_controls_example.dart)

• Custom navigation controls
• Styled UI components
• Advanced controller usage

Running the Example

Web (Recommended for Demo)

flutter pub get
flutter run -d chrome

Mobile/Desktop

flutter pub get
flutter run

Building for Production

flutter build web --release

The output will be in build/web/.

Code Examples

Loading from URL

final controller = PdfController();
await controller.loadFromUrl('https://example.com/sample.pdf');

Loading from Bytes

final ByteData data = await rootBundle.load('assets/sample.pdf');
final Uint8List bytes = data.buffer.asUint8List();
await controller.loadFromBytes(bytes);

Downloading PDF

final path = await controller.downloadPdf('my_document.pdf');
print('PDF saved to: $path');

Navigation

// Go to next page
controller.nextPage();

// Go to previous page
controller.previousPage();

// Go to specific page
controller.goToPage(5);

Widgets

PdfViewer

Main viewer widget with customizable options.

PdfViewerFromUrl

Convenience widget for loading from URL.

PdfViewerFromBytes

Convenience widget for loading from bytes.

Testing

To test with different PDFs, you can use:

• https://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/tests/xhtml/testfiles/resources/pdf/dummy.pdf (small test file)
• https://www.adobe.com/support/products/enterprise/knowledgecenter/media/c4611_sample_explain.pdf (sample with content)

Notes

The current implementation provides a framework for PDF viewing. Full PDF rendering requires additional parsing and rendering capabilities.