The latest articles on DEV Community by Rajat (@afreakyelf). https://dev.to/afreakyelf https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F453239%2F455b6bca-f7ae-40c5-914e-785aa39081d8.jpeg https://dev.to/afreakyelf en Rajat Sun, 20 Apr 2025 05:37:19 +0000 https://dev.to/afreakyelf/how-i-built-an-android-pdf-viewer-thats-almost-100-kb-only-3fed https://dev.to/afreakyelf/how-i-built-an-android-pdf-viewer-thats-almost-100-kb-only-3fed <p>🚀 Just published a deep dive on how I built an Android PDF viewer that’s almost 100 KB (ONLY!) — with zooming, prefetching, caching, secure viewing.</p> <p>No Retrofit, no external libraries, no bloat. Just pure Android + (smart) architecture.</p> <p>As this library approaches 1k stars on GitHub, I wanted to share everything I learned keeping it powerful and minimal.</p> <p>📖 Read the full write-up here: <a href="https://medium.com/@rjmittal07/how-i-built-a-pdf-viewer-library-thats-both-lightweight-and-powerful-b238dc79d592" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://medium.com/@rjmittal07/how-i-built-a-pdf-viewer-library-thats-both-lightweight-and-powerful-b238dc79d592</a></p> <p>🔗 Try the library: <a href="https://github.com/afreakyelf/Pdf-Viewer" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/afreakyelf/Pdf-Viewer</a></p> <p>Would love your thoughts and feedback!</p> android opensource Rajat Sat, 15 Aug 2020 19:40:37 +0000 https://dev.to/afreakyelf/only-120kb-pdf-viewer-for-android-while-most-of-them-are-about-16mb-19h6 https://dev.to/afreakyelf/only-120kb-pdf-viewer-for-android-while-most-of-them-are-about-16mb-19h6 <p><a href="https://github.com/afreakyelf/Pdf-Viewer">https://github.com/afreakyelf/Pdf-Viewer</a></p> <p>Suggestions are welcome :)</p> android kotlin