Convert JSON Format to CHM in Android Applications
Parse JSON to CHM within Android applications without using Microsoft® Word
Why to Convert JSON to CHM
JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a lightweight data-interchange format that is used to store and exchange data. It is a text-based format that is easy for humans to read and write and easy for machines to parse and generate. CHM (Compiled HTML Help) is a Microsoft proprietary format for online help files. It is used to create help files for Windows applications. Converting JSON to CHM is a useful way to store and exchange data in a format that is easy to read and understand.
How Aspose.Total Helps for JSON to CHM Conversion
Aspose.Total for Android via Java is a suite of APIs that can be used to convert JSON to CHM in Android applications. It consists of two APIs: Powerful Spreadsheet Processing API Aspose.Cells for Android via Java and Word Processing API Aspose.Words for Android via Java .
The first step in the conversion process is to parse JSON to PDF using Aspose.Cells for Android via Java. This API provides a set of classes that can be used to read, write, and manipulate spreadsheets in various formats. It can be used to parse JSON to PDF and other formats such as XLS, XLSX, CSV, HTML, and ODS.
The second step is to convert PDF to CHM using Aspose.Words for Android via Java. This API provides a set of classes that can be used to read, write, and manipulate documents in various formats. It can be used to convert PDF to CHM and other formats such as DOC, DOCX, HTML, and ODT.
Aspose.Total for Android via Java is a comprehensive suite of APIs that can be used to convert JSON to CHM in Android applications. It provides powerful APIs that can be used to parse JSON to PDF and convert PDF to CHM.
Convert JSON Format to CHM in Android Apps
- Create a new Workbook object and read valid JSON data from file
- Import JSON file to worksheet using JsonUtility class and Save it as PDF
- Load PDF document by using Document class
- Save the document to CHM format using Save method
Get Started with Android via Java APIs
You can easily use Aspose.Total for Android via Java directly from Maven and install libraries in your app.
Alternatively, you can get a ZIP file from downloads .
Set Layout & Convert JSON Format to CHM in Android Apps
Furthermore, the API allows you to set layout options for your JSON format while parsing JSON to CHM using JsonLayoutOptions . It allows you to process Array as a table, ignore nulls, ignore array title, ignore object title, convert string to number or date, set date and number format, and set title style. All of these options allow you to present your data as per your needs. The following code snippet shows you how to set the layout options.
Convert JSON Format to CHM with Watermark in Android Apps
Using the API, you can also convert JSON to CHM with watermark. In order to add a watermark to your CHM document, you can first parse the JSON file to PDF and add a watermark to it. In order to add a watermark, load the newly created PDF file using the Document class, create an instance of TextWatermarkOptions and set its properties, Call Watermark.setText method and pass watermark text & object of TextWatermarkOptions. After adding the watermark, you can save the document to CHM.