Open Pdf from url in Android Programmatically

Video Demo:

You can easily view your online pdf file from url in webview. To load the pdf file from url you need to use the google drive link. Download source code from here.

activity_main.xml

<RelativeLayout android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">

    <WebView
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:id="@+id/webview"
        android:layout_height="match_parent">

    </WebView>

    <ProgressBar
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:id="@+id/progressbar"
        android:layout_centerInParent="true"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />


</RelativeLayout>


MainActivity.java

package com.deepshikha.openpdf;

import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.webkit.WebView;
import android.webkit.WebViewClient;
import android.widget.ProgressBar;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
    WebView webview;
    ProgressBar progressbar;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        webview = (WebView)findViewById(R.id.webview);
        progressbar = (ProgressBar) findViewById(R.id.progressbar);
        webview.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
        String filename ="http://www3.nd.edu/~cpoellab/teaching/cse40816/android_tutorial.pdf";
        webview.loadUrl("http://docs.google.com/gview?embedded=true&url=" + filename);

        webview.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient() {

            public void onPageFinished(WebView view, String url) {
                // do your stuff here
                progressbar.setVisibility(View.GONE);
            }
        });

    }
}