searching through the content of pdf in android app.

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i have to develop an app where i need to read a pdf file and embed search functionality so that i could search any word or phrase and the result should direct me to the sentence containing that word or phrase.i have used an open source library that only reads the pdf but does not have search functionality.so can some guide me how to proceed,Thanks in Advance...and please let me know if i am not clear enough.

Posted 5-Nov-12 4:40am

azhar eqbal

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Mehdi Gholam · Answer 1 · 2012-11-05T05:12:00

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Searching within contents is usually done with an indexing engine like lucene etc. : http://lucene.apache.org/core/[^]

Posted 5-Nov-12 5:12am

Mehdi Gholam

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azhar eqbal 6-Nov-12 2:38am

@Mehdi Gholam : can you please brief how to use it,if possible... Thanks

Mehdi Gholam 6-Nov-12 2:46am

Follow the link and you will find examples and sample code.