# How To View PDF with Flutter


Hello, everyone here is my first article i will writing about Flutter, so I think there is room for corrections so I can improve more.


So I was working on a project and it involves having a PDF file on the app so the user can be able to use access and do exactly what you will do a PDF viewer application.

I reach to a Flutter community but got no response, then I made some researches on my own and came across a Flutter package "Syncfusion PDF Viewer"  https://pub.dev/packages/syncfusion_flutter_pdfviewer".

He is my work through how to use it.

Run this command

```
flutter pub add syncfusion_flutter_pdfviewer
``` 
The above command will add a line like this to your package's pubspec.yaml.

```
dependencies:
  syncfusion_flutter_pdfviewer: ^19.2.62-beta
``` 

Then you can import it to your dart file.

```
import 'package:syncfusion_flutter_pdfviewer/pdfviewer.dart';
```
Some of the functionality that can be implemented using the package includes:


- PDF sources
- Scrolling
- Magnification
- Link Annotation
- Text Selection
- Text Search
- Page Navigation
- Bookmark Navigation
- Appearance
- Localization

**PDF Sources**

PDF can be loaded through various sources which includes AssetBundle, Network or URL, memory and file.

For AssetBundle 
```
 SfPdfViewer.asset("assets/pdf/mypdf.pdf"),
``` 
For network
```
SfPdfViewer.network(
      'https://cdn.syncfusion.com/content/PDFViewer/flutter-succinctly.pdf',
    ),
``` 
**Scrolling**

You can either scroll horizontally or vertically.

```
scrollDirection: PdfScrollDirection.horizontal

```