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Can we convert PDF into image using flutter in order to show thumbnail of the file?

Use-Case: In order to show thumbnail of the PDF in file list.

Question 2: Can we convert FPF to image to show thumbnail in the list?

Solution

  • Correct Answer: Using Printing and pdf plugin, In order to convert PDF to image we can simply achieve this by:

    // send pdfFile as params
imageFromPdfFile(File pdfFile) async {
    final document = await lib.PDFDocument.openFile(pdfFile.path);
    final page = await document.getPage(1);
    final pageImage = await page.render(width: page.width, height: page.height);
    await page.close();
    print(pageImage.bytes);

    //... now convert 
    // .... pageImage.bytes to image
}