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How to create a thumbnail from a page of a PDF file
Last Updated 11 months ago
This article shows how to create a thumbnail of a required page.
The code runs with RadaeePDF SDK on Android and Server and it's written in Java.
public Bitmap getThumbnailFromPage(String m_path, String m_pwd, int pageno, int thumbWidth, int thumbHeight) { Bitmap bmp = null; Document doc = new Document(); if( doc.Open(m_path, m_pwd) == 0 ) { Page page = doc.GetPage(pageno); try { bmp = Bitmap.createBitmap( thumbWidth, thumbHeight, Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888 ); bmp.eraseColor(0); if( !page.RenderThumb(bmp) ) { float w = doc.GetPageWidth(0); float h = doc.GetPageHeight(0); float ratiox = thumbWidth/w; float ratioy = thumbHeight/h; if( ratiox > ratioy ) ratiox = ratioy; Canvas canvas = new Canvas(bmp); Paint paint = new Paint(); paint.setARGB(255, 255, 255, 255); canvas.drawRect((thumbWidth - w * ratiox)/2, (thumbHeight - h * ratiox)/2, (thumbWidth + w * ratiox)/2, (thumbHeight + h * ratiox)/2, paint); Matrix mat = new Matrix( ratiox, -ratiox, (thumbWidth - w * ratiox)/2, (thumbHeight + h * ratiox)/2 ); page.RenderPrepare((Bitmap)null); page.RenderToBmp(bmp, mat); mat.Destroy(); bmp.recycle(); bmp = null; } } catch(Exception e) { e.getMessage(); } page.Close(); doc.Close(); } return bmp; }