Managing text in Android application like in a eBook

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I am developing an application which looks like an eBook reader, but its not exactly an eBook reader. I have a huge text which is divided into various chapters. Now i want to present that text as a book, user should get a feel of reading an eBook which will have various features like GoTo, Search, Table of Contents and most importantly page curl transition between pages.

Now the problem is how to divide the whole content into number of pages. How can I know that, the number of characters that are going to fit into the screen( depending on the screen size and font size). I am totally confused on where to start and how to proceed.

Ultimately I am planning to develop an eBook Reader which will read only one book that is the text which I give.

Please let me know to achieve this, where to put page breaks and where to put the text( in database or resource file).

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6224517/pagination-in-android-textview/6224666#6224666 — ingsaurabh, Jun 20 '11 at 05:24
Regarding text pagination, take a look over [here](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/31837840/paginating-text-in-android) — Onik, Sep 01 '15 at 14:00

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Dec 07 '12 at 03:00

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I'm trying to use Android TextSwitcher UI Component.

It automatically breaks the text according to the screen size. You can add some click listeners to traverse between pages..

edited Dec 07 '12 at 03:00

Trung Nguyen

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answered Jun 27 '11 at 12:15

Krishna

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Hi, i am having the same problem. Can you help me with a sample. It would be really great. – Andro Selva Jun 29 '12 at 10:59

Managing text in Android application like in a eBook

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