Convert JSON Format to CHM in Android Applications
Parse JSON to CHM within Android applications without using Microsoft® Word
You can convert JSON to CHM in your Android applications in two-step process. Firstly, by using Powerful Spreadsheet Processing API Aspose.Cells for Android via Java you can parse JSON to PDF. In the second step, you can convert PDF to CHM by using Word Processing API Aspose.Words for Android via Java . Both APIs come under Aspose.Total for Android via Java product family.
Convert JSON Format to CHM in Android via Java
- 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 via Java
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 via Java
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.
Other Conversion Options
JSON What is JSON File Format?
JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is an open standard file format for sharing data that uses human-readable text to store and transmit data. JSON files are stored with the .json extension. JSON requires less formatting and is a good alternative for XML. JSON is derived from JavaScript but is a language-independent data format. The generation and parsing of JSON is supported by many modern programming languages. application/json is the media type used for JSON.
Read MoreCHM What is CHM File Format?
The CHM file format represents Microsoft HTML help file that consists of a collection of HTML pages. It provides an index for quick accessing the topics and navigation to different parts of the help document. The CHM file can be searched for contents via the provided search option. CHM is Microsoft Proprietary online help file format that is often used for software documentation. In addition, it is used in several other applications like training guides, interactive books, and electronic newsletters. Most of the modern Microsoft Development environments support generating CHM documentation from information available in the application.
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