Epub or Mobi Sdk for xamarin

Question

I am thinking of developing an ebook reader in the form of xamarin. But I could not find the SDK for reading Epub / Mobi anywhere. Does the xmarin SDK have a readable Ebook? If it is not available, how can I develop it in xamarin?

Answer 1

I created an EpubReader port for PCL projects: EpubReader.Cross . It has almost the same api, except that you need to use streams instead of file paths. You can download the library as a package from Nuget : Install-Package EpubReader.Cross

To open a book without downloading content:

 var epubBook = EpubReader.OpenBook(stream); 

To read a book:

 var epubBook = EpubReader.ReadBook(stream); 

Answer 2

Just checked out a few nudges with the following results:

• EPUB
  • epubsharp netfx3.5 - so don't go for Xamarin. In addition, this is only for generating the epub format
  • epubfactory PCL - this may work for Xamarin.Forms
  • EPUBReader I could not determine the tartget platform. Try adding to the project.
• Mobi - not found