react-native-html-to-pdf

react-native-html-to-pdf

Convert html strings to PDF documents using React Native

Installation

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

Option 1: Automatic

1. Run react-native link

Option 2: Manual

iOS

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

Android

The android module pulls in iText to convert html to pdf. A license is required for commercial use.

• Edit android/settings.gradle to included

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

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

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

}

• Edit MainApplication.java to include

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

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

Usage

import React, { Component } from 'react';

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

import RNHTMLtoPDF from 'react-native-html-to-pdf';

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

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

  render() {
    <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)

iOS Only

Param	Type	Default	Note
height	number	612	Set document height (points)
width	number	792	Set document width (points)
padding	number	10	Outer padding (points)

Android Only

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