Download pdf - Android Print Intent

© Copyright 2011 Wolf Paulus

Intents & Printing on

ANDROID application fundamentals:

http://www.socalcodecamp.com/socalcodecamp/session.aspx?sid=e38ccd34-1762-4528-ab6a-22ea41d12975




© Copyright 2011 Wolf Paulus2

agenda

•Cloud Printing

•Local Wifi printing from Android

•Enable Printing in your Android Application

•Writing a cool FingerPaint app that prints your Artwork to photo paper


Vendor Proprietary Solution

Print Configuration Page, showing printer’s email address Register printer at http://www.hp.com/go/eprintcenter Send email to the printer’s email address to get attachments printed

http://www.hp.com/go/eprintcenter

http://www.hp.com/go/eprintcenter







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Forward to ePrinter’s email address:

[email protected]

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Google’s cloud print solution



Install the Google Chrome Web Browser on a PC/Mac that is on the printer’s LANOpen Chrome’s “Preferences / Under the Hood” pageClick “Sign in to Google Cloud Print Button” on the very bottom of the pageSign-in with your Google / Gmail credentialsAll the Printer’s known to the registering PC/Mac are now available.





.... when used on an Android Phone



Best of both Worlds:http://www.google.com/landing/cloudprint/hp-enable.html

http://www.google.com/landing/cloudprint/hp-enable.html

http://www.google.com/landing/cloudprint/hp-enable.html

<script src="//www.google.com/cloudprint/client/cpgadget.js"/>

<script defer="defer"> var gadget = new cloudprint.Gadget(); gadget.setPrintButton( cloudprint.Gadget.createDefaultPrintButton("default_print_button_container")); gadget.setPrintDocument("url", "Cloud Print test page", "http://www.google.com/landing/cloudprint/testpage.pdf");</script>


http://www.google.com/webelements/#!/cloudprint

http://www.google.com/cloudprint/client/cpgadget.js

http://www.google.com/cloudprint/client/cpgadget.js

http://www.google.com/landing/cloudprint/testpage.pdf

http://www.google.com/landing/cloudprint/testpage.pdf




agenda

•Cloud Printing






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agenda

•Cloud Printing





android Print Intent

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Intent intent = new Intent(“org.androidprinting.intent.action.PRINT”);

intent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_DEFAULT);

intent.setDataAndType(mUri, "application/pdf"); // printable content

startActivityForResult(intent, REQUEST_CODE_PRINT_FILE);



add Printing to your application

1. Check that Print-Intent can be handledIf not, programmatically download HP iPrint Photo from Google Marketplace

2. Create Print Intent

3. Create Image Uri

4. Call startActivity() or startActivityForResult() w/ created Intent

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0 < getPackageManager().queryIntentActivities(intent, 0).size();

is Intent available


int REQUEST_CODE = 1001;

Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("market://details?id=com.hp.android.print"));

startActivityForResult(intent, REQUEST_CODE);

install apk


Intent intent= new Intent("org.androidprinting.intent.action.PRINT");

intent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_DEFAULT);

intent.setDataAndType(saveBitmap(mView.mBitmap), "image/*");

startActivity(intent);

printing


code + demo


agenda

•Cloud Printing





code + demo


Summary•Cloud Printing .. Google Cloud / HP Cloud / Best of Both Worlds

•Local WiFi printing from Android w/ HP iPrint Photo

•Enable Printing in your Android Application in four easy steps



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