Creating a pdf in Android with help of iText

With help of iText we can create a pdf file. you can download the latest binary from  http://sourceforge.net/projects/itext/.

import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.util.Date;

import com.itextpdf.text.Anchor;
import com.itextpdf.text.BadElementException;
import com.itextpdf.text.BaseColor;
import com.itextpdf.text.Chapter;
import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.Element;
import com.itextpdf.text.Font;
import com.itextpdf.text.List;
import com.itextpdf.text.ListItem;
import com.itextpdf.text.Paragraph;
import com.itextpdf.text.Phrase;
import com.itextpdf.text.Section;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPCell;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPTable;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;


public class FirstPdf {
 private static String FILE = "c:/temp/FirstPdf.pdf";
 private static Font catFont = new Font(Font.FontFamily.TIMES_ROMAN, 18,
   Font.BOLD);
 private static Font redFont = new Font(Font.FontFamily.TIMES_ROMAN, 12,
   Font.NORMAL, BaseColor.RED);
 private static Font subFont = new Font(Font.FontFamily.TIMES_ROMAN, 16,
   Font.BOLD);
 private static Font smallBold = new Font(Font.FontFamily.TIMES_ROMAN, 12,
   Font.BOLD);

 public static void main(String[] args) {
  try {
   Document document = new Document();
   PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(FILE));
   document.open();
   addMetaData(document);
   addTitlePage(document);
   addContent(document);
   document.close();
  } catch (Exception e) {
   e.printStackTrace();
  }
 }

 // iText allows to add metadata to the PDF which can be viewed in your Adobe
 // Reader
 // under File -> Properties
 private static void addMetaData(Document document) {
  document.addTitle("My first PDF");
  document.addSubject("Using iText");
  document.addKeywords("Java, PDF, iText");
  document.addAuthor("Lars Vogel");
  document.addCreator("Lars Vogel");
 }

 private static void addTitlePage(Document document)
   throws DocumentException {
  Paragraph preface = new Paragraph();
  // We add one empty line
  addEmptyLine(preface, 1);
  // Lets write a big header
  preface.add(new Paragraph("Title of the document", catFont));

  addEmptyLine(preface, 1);
  // Will create: Report generated by: _name, _date
  preface.add(new Paragraph(
    "Report generated by: " + System.getProperty("user.name") + ", " + new Date(), //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$ //$NON-NLS-3$
    smallBold));
  addEmptyLine(preface, 3);
  preface.add(new Paragraph(
    "This document describes something which is very important ",
    smallBold));

  addEmptyLine(preface, 8);

  preface.add(new Paragraph(
    "This document is a preliminary version and not subject to your license agreement or any other agreement with vogella.com ;-).",
    redFont));

  document.add(preface);
  // Start a new page
  document.newPage();
 }

 private static void addContent(Document document) throws DocumentException {
  Anchor anchor = new Anchor("First Chapter", catFont);
  anchor.setName("First Chapter");

  // Second parameter is the number of the chapter
  Chapter catPart = new Chapter(new Paragraph(anchor), 1);

  Paragraph subPara = new Paragraph("Subcategory 1", subFont);
  Section subCatPart = catPart.addSection(subPara);
  subCatPart.add(new Paragraph("Hello"));

  subPara = new Paragraph("Subcategory 2", subFont);
  subCatPart = catPart.addSection(subPara);
  subCatPart.add(new Paragraph("Paragraph 1"));
  subCatPart.add(new Paragraph("Paragraph 2"));
  subCatPart.add(new Paragraph("Paragraph 3"));

  // Add a list
  createList(subCatPart);
  Paragraph paragraph = new Paragraph();
  addEmptyLine(paragraph, 5);
  subCatPart.add(paragraph);

  // Add a table
  createTable(subCatPart);

  // Now add all this to the document
  document.add(catPart);

  // Next section
  anchor = new Anchor("Second Chapter", catFont);
  anchor.setName("Second Chapter");

  // Second parameter is the number of the chapter
  catPart = new Chapter(new Paragraph(anchor), 1);

  subPara = new Paragraph("Subcategory", subFont);
  subCatPart = catPart.addSection(subPara);
  subCatPart.add(new Paragraph("This is a very important message"));

  // Now add all this to the document
  document.add(catPart);

 }

 private static void createTable(Section subCatPart)
   throws BadElementException {
  PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(3);

  // t.setBorderColor(BaseColor.GRAY);
  // t.setPadding(4);
  // t.setSpacing(4);
  // t.setBorderWidth(1);

  PdfPCell c1 = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("Table Header 1"));
  c1.setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_CENTER);
  table.addCell(c1);

  c1 = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("Table Header 2"));
  c1.setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_CENTER);
  table.addCell(c1);

  c1 = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("Table Header 3"));
  c1.setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_CENTER);
  table.addCell(c1);
  table.setHeaderRows(1);

  table.addCell("1.0");
  table.addCell("1.1");
  table.addCell("1.2");
  table.addCell("2.1");
  table.addCell("2.2");
  table.addCell("2.3");

  subCatPart.add(table);

 }

 private static void createList(Section subCatPart) {
  List list = new List(true, false, 10);
  list.add(new ListItem("First point"));
  list.add(new ListItem("Second point"));
  list.add(new ListItem("Third point"));
  subCatPart.add(list);
 }

 private static void addEmptyLine(Paragraph paragraph, int number) {
  for (int i = 0; i < number; i++) {
   paragraph.add(new Paragraph(" "));
  }
 }
}