samples/ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app/PrintHtmlOffScreen.java

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package com.example.android.apis.app;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Context;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.print.PrintManager;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.webkit.WebView;
import android.webkit.WebViewClient;

import com.example.android.apis.R;

/**
 * This class demonstrates how to implement HTML content printing
 * from a {@link WebView} which is not shown on the screen.
 * <p>
 * This activity shows a text prompt and when the user chooses the
 * print option from the overflow menu an HTML page with content that
 * is not on the screen is printed via an off-screen {@link WebView}.
 * </p>
 *
 * @see PrintManager
 * @see WebView
 */
public class PrintHtmlOffScreen extends Activity {

    private WebView mWebView;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.print_html_off_screen);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.print_custom_content, menu);
        return true;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
        if (item.getItemId() == R.id.menu_print) {
            print();
            return true;
        }
        return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
    }

    private void print() {
        // Create a WebView and hold on to it as the printing will start when
        // load completes and we do not want the WbeView to be garbage collected.
        mWebView = new WebView(this);

        // Important: Only after the page is loaded we will do the print.
        mWebView.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient() {
            @Override
            public void onPageFinished(WebView view, String url) {
                // Get the print manager.
                PrintManager printManager = (PrintManager) getSystemService(
                        Context.PRINT_SERVICE);
                // Pass in the ViewView's document adapter.
                printManager.print("MotoGP stats", mWebView.createPrintDocumentAdapter(),
                        null);
            }
        });

        // Load an HTML page.
        mWebView.loadUrl("file:///android_res/raw/motogp_stats.html");
    }
}