Is there a control that can show a word document? (no manipulation needed)

[Anne]

Hello,

is there a word document viewer in Syncfusion.Xamarin.Forms or something similar?

Or do I have to convert the word document to PDF and then show it in the PDF viewer?

Thank you for your answer.

[Venkatesan Mani]

Hi Annie,

Thank you for contacting Syncfusion support.

Currently we do not have support for word viewer/editor control in Xamarin platform. We have already logged this requirement as feature request. We will implement these features in any of our forthcoming releases. We usually have a timeframe of at least three months between releases. The feature implementation would also greatly depend on the factors like product design, code compatibility and complexity. We request you to visit our website periodically for feature related updates.

As a work around, you can make use of Web API service to convert Word document as PDF and use that service as reference (using HttpClient) and view the converted pdf document using Pdf viewer in Xamarin Forms application. We have prepared a sample to illustrate the same using Xamarin and Web API service. Please find the samples from below link and let us know if this helps you.

Sample link:
Sample.zip

For more information about pdf viewer: https://help.syncfusion.com/xamarin/sfpdfviewer/overview

Regards,
Venkatesan M. 

[Venkateswarlu Kommi]

Dear Venkatesan,

Is there word/RTF viewer available  now?

We also need exact requirement to edit the text and insert pictures and save as RTF file or Ascii file.

We have done this Visual Basic application in Windows (using TXTextControl) but we need to do this on Phone Apps.

[Venkatesan Mani]

Hi Venkateswarlu Kommi,

Thank you for contacting Syncfusion support.

At present, we do not have control to view and edit Word/RTF documents in Xamarin platform. We have already logged this requirement as feature request. We will update you when this feature (new control) has been implemented.

Regards,
Venkatesan M.