How to open MS Office files in Android [duplicate]

Question

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Android Microsoft Office Library (.doc, .docx, .xls, .ppt, etc.)

I have been searching for an API for android to open and view .doc, .ppt, .docx or .pptx.

I'm sure there should be one as there exist applications that can open these file format. I have found apache POI but it uses java awt which is not a part of android.

Even an API to convert these file format to .pdf will be useful.

Answer 1

There isn't a standard API for opening office files in Android. The applications you've found use an internal API for reading the files. They either do this in the device or they upload the file to a server, which is responsible for parsing the file and convert it to a format that is easier read from the Android client.