HTML book-like pagination

Question

How can I split the content of a HTML file in screen-sized chunks to \"paginate\" it in a WebKit browser?

Each \"page\" should show a complete amount of text. This

Answer 1

I was able to improve Nacho's solution to get horizontal swipe paging effect with WebView. You can find solution here and example code.

Edit:

Solution code.

MainActivity.java

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.KITKAT) {
        WebView.setWebContentsDebuggingEnabled(true);
    }
    wv = (HorizontalWebView) findViewById(R.id.web_view);
    wv.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
    wv.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient() {

        public void onPageFinished(WebView view, String url) {
            injectJavascript();
        }
    });

    wv.setWebChromeClient(new WebChromeClient() {
        @Override
        public boolean onJsAlert(WebView view, String url, String message, JsResult result) {
            int pageCount = Integer.parseInt(message);
            wv.setPageCount(pageCount);
            result.confirm();
            return true;
        }
    });
    wv.loadUrl("file:///android_asset/ch03.html");   // now it will not fail here
}

private void injectJavascript() {
    String js = "function initialize(){\n" +
            "    var d = document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0];\n" +
            "    var ourH = window.innerHeight;\n" +
            "    var ourW = window.innerWidth;\n" +
            "    var fullH = d.offsetHeight;\n" +
            "    var pageCount = Math.floor(fullH/ourH)+1;\n" +
            "    var currentPage = 0;\n" +
            "    var newW = pageCount*ourW;\n" +
            "    d.style.height = ourH+'px';\n" +
            "    d.style.width = newW+'px';\n" +
            "    d.style.margin = 0;\n" +
            "    d.style.webkitColumnCount = pageCount;\n" +
            "    return pageCount;\n" +
            "}";
    wv.loadUrl("javascript:" + js);
    wv.loadUrl("javascript:alert(initialize())");
}

In my WebChromeClient's onJsAlert get the number of horizontal pages which i pass to the custom HorizontalWebView to implement paging effect

HorizontalWebView.java

public class HorizontalWebView extends WebView {
    private float x1 = -1;
    private int pageCount = 0;

    public HorizontalWebView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(context, attrs);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) {
        switch (event.getAction()) {
            case MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN:
                x1 = event.getX();
                break;
            case MotionEvent.ACTION_UP:
                float x2 = event.getX();
                float deltaX = x2 - x1;
                if (Math.abs(deltaX) > 100) {
                    // Left to Right swipe action
                    if (x2 > x1) {
                        turnPageLeft();
                        return true;
                    }

                    // Right to left swipe action
                    else {
                        turnPageRight();
                        return true;
                    }

                }
                break;
        }
        return true;
    }

    private int current_x = 0;

    private void turnPageLeft() {
        if (getCurrentPage() > 0) {
            int scrollX = getPrevPagePosition();
            loadAnimation(scrollX);
            current_x = scrollX;
            scrollTo(scrollX, 0);
        }
    }

    private int getPrevPagePosition() {
        int prevPage = getCurrentPage() - 1;
        return (int) Math.ceil(prevPage * this.getMeasuredWidth());
    }

    private void turnPageRight() {
        if (getCurrentPage() < pageCount - 1) {
            int scrollX = getNextPagePosition();
            loadAnimation(scrollX);
            current_x = scrollX;
            scrollTo(scrollX, 0);
        }
    }

    private void loadAnimation(int scrollX) {
        ObjectAnimator anim = ObjectAnimator.ofInt(this, "scrollX",
                current_x, scrollX);
        anim.setDuration(500);
        anim.setInterpolator(new LinearInterpolator());
        anim.start();
    }

    private int getNextPagePosition() {
        int nextPage = getCurrentPage() + 1;
        return (int) Math.ceil(nextPage * this.getMeasuredWidth());
    }

    public int getCurrentPage() {
        return (int) (Math.ceil((double) getScrollX() / this.getMeasuredWidth()));
    }

    public void setPageCount(int pageCount) {
        this.pageCount = pageCount;
    }
}