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

2. Run react-native link

Option 2: Manual

iOS

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

Android

• 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';

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

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

  render() {
    return(
      <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)
directory	string	default cache directory	Directory where the file will be created (Documents folder in example above). Please note, on iOS Documents is the only custom value that is accepted.

iOS Only

Param	Type	Default	Note
height	number	792	Set document height (points)
width	number	612	Set document width (points)
paddingLeft	number	10	Outer left padding (points)
paddingRight	number	10	Outer right padding (points)
paddingTop	number	10	Outer top padding (points)
paddingBottom	number	10	Outer bottom padding (points)
padding	number	10	Outer padding for any side (points), overrides any padding listed before
bgColor	string	#F6F5F0	Background color in Hexadecimal

Android Only

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