android pdf sdk

Extend your Android app with 30+ PDF SDK features

Streamline the development of your Android viewer with an SDK loaded with tools for document viewing, annotating, commenting, redacting, signing, and more.

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feature-rich viewer

Customizable for you, seamless for your users

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Benefits

Build faster

Save build time and costs with our ready-to-use code samples, templates, extensive documentation, and support resources.

Save resources

Reduce the overhead costs associated with building, customizing, and maintaining robust document technology internally.

Gain peace of mind

Rest easy knowing our SDKs are completely secure and always up to date, backed by the reliable PDFium-based rendering engine.

Compatibility

For cross-platform development, including support for building Android apps, we also offer SDKs for React Native and Flutter.

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Don’t take our word for it. Experience our Android SDK today with PDF Viewer, our free demo app.

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Examples

Easy code integration

Basic example

Custom toolbar

Create annotation

1val uri = Uri.parse("file:///android_asset/my-document.pdf")
2val config = PdfActivityConfiguration.Builder(context).build()
3PdfActivity.showDocument(this, uri, config)

1final var uri = Uri.parse("file:///android_asset/my-document.pdf");
2final var config = new PdfActivityConfiguration.Builder(context).build();
3PdfActivity.showDocument(this, uri, config);

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1override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
2    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
3    setOnContextualToolbarLifecycleListener(this)
4}
5
6override fun onPrepareContextualToolbar(toolbar: ContextualToolbar<*>) {
7    if (toolbar is AnnotationCreationToolbar) {
8        // Get the existing menu items so we can modify them.
9        val menuItems = toolbar.menuItems
10
11        // Find and remove the ink highlighter button from the toolbar.
12        val highlighterItem = menuItems.find { it.id ==  R.id.pspdf__annotation_creation_toolbar_item_ink_highlighter}
13        if (highlighterItem != null) {
14            menuItems.remove(highlighterItem)
15        }
16
17        // Replace the menu items.
18        toolbar.setMenuItems(menuItems)
19    }
20}
21
22override fun onDisplayContextualToolbar(toolbar: ContextualToolbar<*>) {}
23override fun onRemoveContextualToolbar(toolbar: ContextualToolbar<*>) {}

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1// Create the text on the first page.
2val freeTextAnnotation = FreeTextAnnotation(0, RectF(100f, 100f, 300f, 140f), "My Annotation")
3// Set the text color.
4freeTextAnnotation.color = Color.RED
5// Set the text size.
6freeTextAnnotation.textSize = 20f
7// Add it to the page.
8pdfFragment?.addAnnotationToPage(freeTextAnnotation, false)

1// Create the text on the first page.
2final var freeTextAnnotation = new FreeTextAnnotation(0, new RectF(100, 100, 300, 140), "My Annotation");
3// Set the text color.
4freeTextAnnotation.setColor(Color.RED);
5// Set the text size.
6freeTextAnnotation.setTextSize(20f);
7// Add it to the page.
8getPdfFragment().addAnnotationToPage(freeTextAnnotation, false);

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