Why to Convert
The need to convert Markdown (MD) to PowerPoint Open XML (POTX) format arises when you want to integrate MD to POTX conversion feature inside your Android applications. This is because Android applications are usually developed in Java and the POTX format is the native format for PowerPoint presentations.
How Aspose.Total Helps for MD to POTX Conversion
Aspose.Total for Android via Java is a comprehensive package of APIs that helps developers to integrate MD to POTX conversion feature inside their Android applications. It consists of two APIs, Aspose.PDF for Android via Java and Aspose.Slides for Android via Java.
The first step in the conversion process is to export MD to PPTX by using Aspose.PDF for Android via Java. This API provides a wide range of features for creating, manipulating and converting PDF documents. It also supports the conversion of MD to PPTX format.
The second step is to convert PPTX to POTX by using Aspose.Slides for Android via Java. This API provides a wide range of features for creating, manipulating and converting PowerPoint presentations. It also supports the conversion of PPTX to POTX format.
By using Aspose.Total for Android via Java, developers can easily integrate MD to POTX conversion feature inside their Android applications. It provides a simple and efficient way to convert MD to POTX format without any hassle.
Android API to Export MD to POTX
- Open MD file using Document class
- Convert MD to PPTX by using save method
- Load PPTX document by using Presentation class
- Save the document to POTX format using
save
method and set
Potx
as SaveFormat
Get Started with Java File Format APIs
You can easily use Aspose.Total for Android via Java directly from Maven and install Aspose.PDF for Android via Java and Aspose.Slides for Android via Java in your applications.
Alternatively, you can get a ZIP file from downloads .
// load MD file with an instance of Document class
Document document = new Document("template.md");
// save MD as PPTX format
document.save("PptxOutput.pptx", SaveFormat.Pptx);
// instantiate a Presentation object that represents a PPTX file
Presentation presentation = new Presentation("PptxOutput.pptx");
// save the presentation as Potx format
presentation.save("output.potx", SaveFormat.Potx);
Open Password Protected MD File in Android Apps
While loading MD file format, your document might be password protected. Aspose.PDF for Android via Java allows you open encrypted documents as well. In order to open the encrypted file, you can initialize new instance of the Document class and pass filename and password as arguments.
// open MD document
Document doc = new Document("input.md", "Your@Password");
// save MD as PPTX format
document.save("PptxOutput.pptx", SaveFormat.Pptx);
Create Thumbnail Image of POTX File in Android Applications
After converting MD to POTX, you can also create thumbnail images of your output document. By using rich in feature Aspose.Slides for Android via Java you can generate thumbnail images of the slides by creating and instance of the Presentation class. After that, you can obtain the reference of any desired slide by using its ID or index and get the thumbnail image of the referenced slide on a specified scale.
// instantiate a Presentation object that represents a POTX file
Presentation presentation = new Presentation("output.potx");
// access the first slide
ISlide sld = pres.getSlides().get_Item(0);
// create a full scale image
BufferedImage image = sld.getThumbnail(1f, 1f);
// save the image to disk in PNG format
ImageIO.write(image, "PNG", new java.io.File("Thumbnail_out.png"));