var scoreView = Titanium.UI.createWebView({
    url:"scores/5_preludes.pdf",
    top:0,
    height:"auto",
    width:"auto"
});

mainWindow.add(scoreView);

6 Answers

• So, it ended up the following error was a red herring:

  [ERROR] Couldn't determine the proper encoding. Make sure this file: 5_preludes.pdf is UTF-8 encoded.

  The real culprit were the auto values for the webview (or its parent view). The following code worked for me on 3.2 and 4.0 SDK, TiSDK 1.4:

  var win = Titanium.UI.createWindow({
      backgroundColor:"#fff"
  });
  var v = Titanium.UI.createView({
      top:0,
      left:0,
      width:1024, //Don't use "auto"
      height:450  //Don't use "auto"
  });
  
  var pdfViewer = Ti.UI.createWebView({
      url: "etd_2009.pdf", //Local PDF; also works with remote PDF
      width:1024, //Don't use "auto"
      height:250  //Don't use "auto"
  });
  
  v.add(pdfViewer);
  win.add(v);
  win.open();
  

  The previously mentioned errors still throws but the app runs and the PDF is viewable.

• i can't view the pdf using webview…

  var wv_Pdf=Ti.UI.createWebView({
  data:'report.pdf',
  top:'0sp',
  touchEnabled:false,
  enableZoomControls:false,
  scalesPageToFit:true,
  loading:true
  });

• I solved this problem by using the data attribute instead of url. Keep in mind you MUST pass a BLOB or FILE and NOT a URL. Alloy example:

  var pdf = Ti.Filesystem.getFile(Ti.Filesystem.resourcesDirectory, '/data/document.pdf');
  $.webview.setData(pdf);
  

• ·Add a handler DocumentWebViewer.ashx to your project so the viewer can communicate with it.
  ·VS will add a default web handler. Please replace the whole contents in it with the following codes.
  Tutorials on how to creat PDF Web Viewer:

  <scripttype="text/javascript"language="javascript">
  var_docUrl='Images/Example.tif';
  var_serverUrl='WebDocViewer.ashx';
  var_viewer=newAtalasoft.Controls.WebDocumentViewer({
  'parent':$('#_container1'), //parentcontainertoputtheviewerin
  'toolbarparent':$('#_toolbar1'), //parentcontainertoputtheviewertoolbarin
  'serverurl':_serverUrl, //serverhandlerurltosendimagerequeststo
  'documenturl':_docUrl //documenturlrelativetotheserverhandler
  url
  });
  </script>
  

• Reading pdf in a web viewer needs no footprint, no flash plugin, if you are familiar with asp.net and javascript control, you can create a pdf web viewer.

• To load pdf file, try to use data, not url. So your code should be look like this:

  var pdfViewer = Ti.UI.createWebView({
      data: "etd_2009.pdf", //Local PDF; also works with remote PDF
      width:1024, //Don't use "auto"
      height:250  //Don't use "auto"
  });