A Flutter package for viewing Epub documents, developed by combining the power of Epubjs and flutter_inappwebview

Features

• Highlight text
• Search in Epub
• List chapters
• Text selection
• Highly customizable UI
• Resume reading using cfi
• Custom context menus for selection

Limitations

• Loading from local files and assets is not supported

Getting started

In your Flutter project add the dependency:

flutter pub add epub_viewer

• Important: Complete the platfrom-wise setup from here

• Enable clear text traffic, instructions here

Make sure to follow and complete each step

Usage

Basic usage

import 'package:epub_viewer/epub_viewer.dart';
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';

class MyHomePage extends StatefulWidget {
  const MyHomePage({super.key, required this.title});

  final String title;

  @override
  State<MyHomePage> createState() => _MyHomePageState();
}

class _MyHomePageState extends State<MyHomePage> {
  final epubController = EpubController();

  var textSelectionCfi = '';

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Scaffold(
      body: SafeArea(
          child: Column(
        children: [
          Expanded(
            child: EpubViewer(
              epubUrl: 'https://s3.amazonaws.com/moby-dick/OPS/package.opf',
              epubController: epubController,
              displaySettings:
                  EpubDisplaySettings(flow: EpubFlow.paginated, snap: true),
              onChaptersLoaded: (chapters) {},
              onEpubLoaded: () async {},
              onRelocated: (value) {},
              onTextSelected: (epubTextSelection) {},
            ),
          ),
        ],
      )),
    );
  }
}

Parameters and callbacks

//Epub controller to manage epub
final  EpubController  epubController;

///Epub url to load epub from network
final  String  epubUrl;

///Epub headers to load epub from network
final  Map<String, String> headers;

///Initial cfi string to specify which part of epub to load initially
///if null, the first chapter will be loaded
final  String?  initialCfi;

///Call back when epub is loaded and displayed
final  VoidCallback?  onEpubLoaded;

///Call back when chapters are loaded
final  ValueChanged<List<EpubChapter>>?  onChaptersLoaded;

///Call back when epub page changes
final  ValueChanged<EpubLocation>?  onRelocated;

///Call back when text selection changes
final  ValueChanged<EpubTextSelection>?  onTextSelected;

///initial display settings
final  EpubDisplaySettings?  displaySettings;

///context menu for text selection
///if null, the default context menu will be used
final  ContextMenu?  selectionContextMenu;

Methods

///Move epub view to a specific area using Cfi string or chapter href
epubController.display(cfi:cfiString) 

///moves to next page
epubController.next()

///Moves to the previous page in epub view
epubController.prev()

///Returns the current location of epub viewer
epubController.getCurrentLocation()

///Returns list of [EpubChapter] from epub,
/// should be called after onChaptersLoaded callback, otherwise returns empty list
epubController.getChapters()

///Search in epub using query string
///Returns a list of [EpubSearchResult]
epubController.search(query:query)

///Adds a highlight to epub viewer
epubController.addHighlight(
	cfi:cfiString,
	color:color
	opacity:0,5
)

///remove hightlight
epubController.removeHighlight(cfi:cfi)

///Set [EpubSpread] value
epubController.setSpread(spread:spread)

///Set [EpubFlow] value
epubController.setFlow(flow:flow)

///Set [EpubManager] value
epubController.setManager(manager:manager)

///Adjust font size in epub viewer
epubController.setFontSize(fontSize:16)

Known Issues

• onRelocated callback is broken when snap in epubDisplaySettings==true

Upcoming features

• More annotations (underline, mark etc)
• Text extraction
• More callbacks (rendered, error etc)
• Support for local files and assets