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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Customizable for you, seamless for your users

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Benefits

Bright green grass on rock symbolizes simplicity and efficiency, reflecting how our PDF SDK streamlines document manipulation and software development. Years of research and customer collaboration drive innovative solutions, empowering developers to reduce time spent on tasks and stay ahead of the competition.

Build faster

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

Bright green grass on rock symbolizes simplicity and efficiency, reflecting how our PDF SDK streamlines document manipulation and software development. Years of research and customer collaboration drive innovative solutions, empowering developers to reduce time spent on tasks and stay ahead of the competition.

Save resources

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

Bright green grass on rock symbolizes simplicity and efficiency, reflecting how our PDF SDK streamlines document manipulation and software development. Years of research and customer collaboration drive innovative solutions, empowering developers to reduce time spent on tasks and stay ahead of the competition.

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.

See it in action!

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

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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);
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<*>) {}
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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Pick your perfect solution

Nutrient SDKs are made to grow with your app. You can start with what you need now and add more tools later.

Viewing

Open all documents with high fidelity in a well-designed viewer.

Open all documents with high fidelity in a well-designed viewer.

Markup

Improve the review process with a suite of annotation tools.

Improve the review process with a suite of annotation tools.

Collaboration

Bring real-time collaboration to your documents.

Bring real-time collaboration to your documents.

Editing

Modify documents and easily edit PDF text directly in your app.

Modify documents and easily edit PDF text directly in your app.

Forms

Easy for users to fill forms. Easy for you to create them programmatically.

Easy for users to fill forms. Easy for you to create them programmatically.

Redaction

Automatically and permanently remove sensitive and personal information from documents.

Automatically and permanently remove sensitive and personal information from documents.

Signing

Streamline contract execution and approval workflows by enabling eSignatures and PDF digital signatures.

Streamline contract execution and approval workflows by enabling eSignatures and PDF digital signatures.

Generation

Effortlessly generate PDFs from HTML and DOCX.

Effortlessly generate PDFs from HTML and DOCX.

OCR and Data Extraction

Give new life to scanned documents by easily converting them into text that's selectable and searchable.

Give new life to scanned documents by easily converting them into text that's selectable and searchable.

Document Conversion

Easily convert any Office document, image, email, or webpage into a high-quality PDF.

Easily convert any Office document, image, email, or webpage into a high-quality PDF.

Security and Compliance

Protect sensitive information and meet regulatory requirements within your application.

Protect sensitive information and meet regulatory requirements within your application.