Viewing password-protected PDF’s in Flutter PDF Viewer (SfPdfViewer)

6 Sep 202222 minutes to read

To load a password-protected document without a password or with an invalid password in SfPdfViewer using the password property. The default password dialog will be displayed.

Password dialog

Customize the visibility of password dialog

The password-protected document can be loaded by providing the password in the password property of SfPdfViewer. The canShowPasswordDialog property allows the user to customize the password dialog visibility. The following code example explains the same.

@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
  return Scaffold(
      body: Container(
          child: SfPdfViewer.network(
            'https://cdn.syncfusion.com/content/PDFViewer/encrypted.pdf',
            password:'syncfusion',
            canShowPasswordDialog: false,)));
}

How to create and display a Customized Password Dialog?

The SfPdfViewer library allows you to create and display a customized password dialog. The following code example explains the same.
In this example, We have disabled the built-in password dialog by setting the false to the canShowPasswordDialog property and creating the customized password dialog with the AlertDialog widget. Whenever the password is empty or incorrect, the onDocumentLoadFailed callback is triggered, used this callback to display the customized password dialog.

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:syncfusion_flutter_pdfviewer/pdfviewer.dart';
import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';

void main() {
  runApp(const MaterialApp(home: CustomPasswordDialog()));
}

class CustomPasswordDialog extends StatefulWidget {
  const CustomPasswordDialog({Key? key}) : super(key: key);

  @override
  _CustomPasswordDialogState createState() => _CustomPasswordDialogState();
}

class _CustomPasswordDialogState extends State<CustomPasswordDialog> {
  String? _password;
  final GlobalKey<FormFieldState> _formKey = GlobalKey<FormFieldState>();
  final TextEditingController _textFieldController = TextEditingController();
  final FocusNode _passwordDialogFocusNode = FocusNode();
  bool _hasPasswordDialog = false;
  String _errorText = '';

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Scaffold(
      appBar: AppBar(
        title: const Text('Custom password dialog'),
        toolbarHeight: 56,
      ),
      body: SfPdfViewer.network(
        'https://cdn.syncfusion.com/content/PDFViewer/encrypted.pdf',
        canShowPasswordDialog: false,
        password: _password,
        onDocumentLoaded: (details) {
          if (_hasPasswordDialog) {
            Navigator.pop(context);
            _hasPasswordDialog = false;
            _passwordDialogFocusNode.unfocus();
            _textFieldController.clear();
          }
        },
        onDocumentLoadFailed: (details) {
          if (details.description.contains('password')) {
            if (details.description.contains('password') &&
                _hasPasswordDialog) {
              _errorText = "Invalid password !!";
              _formKey.currentState?.validate();
              _textFieldController.clear();
              _passwordDialogFocusNode.requestFocus();
            } else {
              _errorText = '';
              /// Creating custom password dialog.
              _showCustomPasswordDialog();
              _passwordDialogFocusNode.requestFocus();
              _hasPasswordDialog = true;
            }
          }
        },
      ),
    );
  }

  /// Show the customized password dialog
  Future<void> _showCustomPasswordDialog() async {
    return showDialog<void>(
        context: context,
        builder: (BuildContext context) {
          final Orientation orientation = kIsWeb
              ? Orientation.portrait
              : MediaQuery.of(context).orientation;
          return AlertDialog(
            scrollable: true,
            insetPadding: EdgeInsets.zero,
            contentPadding: orientation == Orientation.portrait
                ? const EdgeInsets.all(24)
                : const EdgeInsets.only(top: 0, right: 24, left: 24, bottom: 0),
            buttonPadding: orientation == Orientation.portrait
                ? const EdgeInsets.all(8)
                : const EdgeInsets.all(4),
            title: Row(
              mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.spaceBetween,
              children: <Widget>[
                Text(
                  'Password required',
                  style: TextStyle(
                    fontFamily: 'Roboto',
                    fontSize: 20,
                    fontWeight: FontWeight.w500,
                    color: Theme.of(context)
                        .colorScheme
                        .onSurface
                        .withOpacity(0.87),
                  ),
                ),
                SizedBox(
                  height: 36,
                  width: 36,
                  child: RawMaterialButton(
                    onPressed: () {
                      _closePasswordDialog();
                    },
                    child: Icon(
                      Icons.clear,
                      color: Theme.of(context)
                          .colorScheme
                          .onSurface
                          .withOpacity(0.6),
                      size: 24,
                    ),
                  ),
                ),
              ],
            ),
            shape: const RoundedRectangleBorder(
                borderRadius: BorderRadius.all(Radius.circular(4.0))),
            content: SingleChildScrollView(
                child: SizedBox(
                    width: 326,
                    child: Column(children: <Widget>[
                      Align(
                        alignment: Alignment.centerLeft,
                        child: Padding(
                          padding: const EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(0, 0, 0, 30),
                          child: Text(
                            'The document is password protected. Please enter a password.',
                            style: TextStyle(
                              fontFamily: 'Roboto',
                              fontSize: 16,
                              fontWeight: FontWeight.w400,
                              color: Theme.of(context)
                                  .colorScheme
                                  .onSurface
                                  .withOpacity(0.6),
                            ),
                          ),
                        ),
                      ),
                      Form(
                        child: TextFormField(
                          key: _formKey,
                          controller: _textFieldController,
                          focusNode: _passwordDialogFocusNode,
                          obscureText: true,
                          decoration: const InputDecoration(
                              hintText: 'Password hint: syncfusion',
                              border: OutlineInputBorder(
                                  borderSide: BorderSide(color: Colors.blue)),
                              focusedBorder: OutlineInputBorder(
                                  borderSide: BorderSide(color: Colors.blue))),
                          obscuringCharacter: '#',
                          onFieldSubmitted: (value) {
                            _handlePasswordValidation(value);
                          },
                          validator: (value) {
                            if (_errorText.isNotEmpty) {
                              return _errorText;
                            }
                            return null;
                          },
                          onChanged: (value) {
                            _formKey.currentState?.validate();
                            _errorText = '';
                          },
                        ),
                      )
                    ]))),
            actions: <Widget>[
              TextButton(
                onPressed: () {
                  _handlePasswordValidation(_textFieldController.text);
                },
                child: Text(
                  'OK',
                  style: TextStyle(
                    fontFamily: 'Roboto',
                    fontSize: 14,
                    fontWeight: FontWeight.w500,
                    color: Theme.of(context).colorScheme.primary,
                  ),
                ),
              ),
              Padding(
                padding: const EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(0, 0, 10, 0),
                child: TextButton(
                  onPressed: () {
                    _closePasswordDialog();
                  },
                  child: Text(
                    'CANCEL',
                    style: TextStyle(
                      fontFamily: 'Roboto',
                      fontSize: 14,
                      fontWeight: FontWeight.w500,
                      color: Theme.of(context).colorScheme.primary,
                    ),
                  ),
                ),
              )
            ],
          );
        });
  }

  ///Close the password dialog
  void _closePasswordDialog() {
    Navigator.pop(context, 'Cancel');
    _hasPasswordDialog = false;
    _passwordDialogFocusNode.unfocus();
    _textFieldController.clear();
  }

  /// Validates the password entered in text field.
  void _handlePasswordValidation(String value) {
    setState(() {
      _password = value;
      _passwordDialogFocusNode.requestFocus();
    });
  }
}

Custom Password dialog