I need to support printing on KitKat devices but my target SDK is 13 (changing is not an option).
Specifically I need to print a webview.
This is the API for printing a webview: http://developer.android.com/training/printing/html-docs.html
It's an old one but printing is kind of usefull so this could be good to work correctly. (Without reflection ;))
A better way to work with devices version. No try-catch needed, just need to add some messages before the return or you just hide the button/menu/... depending on the same condition.
@TargetApi(Build.VERSION_CODES.KITKAT)
private void createWebPrintJob(WebView webView) {
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.KITKAT)
return;
// Get a PrintManager instance
PrintManager printManager = (PrintManager) getSystemService(Context.PRINT_SERVICE);
// Get a print adapter instance
PrintDocumentAdapter printAdapter = webView.createPrintDocumentAdapter();
// Create a print job with name and adapter instance
String jobName = getString(R.string.app_name) + " Document";
printManager.print(jobName, printAdapter,
new PrintAttributes.Builder().build());
}
The printJob will be execute only with SDK 19 and above