Examples
Load an image file from a local folder to use with the PDF annotation tools. Get additional resources by visiting [Android Image annotation library](…
Programmatically create multiple annotation types to your PDF document. Some examples of programmatic annotations can include adding links, highlight…
Register and use a digital certificate for signing a PDF document. The certificate password is: test. Get additional resources by visiting our guide …
Programmatically embed a file in a PDF document with file annotations. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [programmatically creating P…
Programmatically add PDF form elements with JavaScript actions attached to a page. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [validating PDF …
Showcases how to digitally sign a PDF after clicking on the signature form field. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [adding a digital…
This example shows how to add a gallery and a video annotation to a document. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [adding multimedia an…
Add a custom action to the document sharing menu. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [configuring PDF sharing options in Android](/gui…
Add custom content, like images, text, and logos, as watermarks to your document pages. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [adding wat…
This example shows how to change user interface view mode in custom Activity. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [showing or hiding th…
See how you can programmatically zoom and pan around a PDF page, either to show a specific area or to focus on a single point on the page. Get additi…
Change how an annotation selection state is visualized. Get additional resources by visiting our [AnnotationSelectionController API documenation](/ap…
Configure the Interface for continuou vertical scrolling, with a fit-to-width page zoom mode. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [conf…
Create an activity using the PdfFragment. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [building an activity around the PdfFragment](/guides/and…
Shows how to add custom templates to the new page dialog. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [customizing the PDF editing toolbar in A…
Create and execute JavaScript actions within a PDF document. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [PDF annotation actions in Android](/g…
Programmatically create multiple annotation types to your PDF document. Some examples of programmatic annotations can include adding links, highlight…
Add new PDF Form elements in code. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [creating fillable PDF forms in Android](/guides/android/forms/f…
Add your own items to the annotation creation toolbar. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [customizing annotation toolbar in Android v…
Build a custom search view on top of the search API. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [searching for text in PDFs on Android](/guide…
How to implement custom sharing actions. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [configure PDF sharing options in Android](/guides/android…
Hide the default toolbars and only use contextual toolbars within a custom activity that is using PdfFragment.
Implement a custom annotation inspector or add custom views to the existing one. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [enabling the anno…
Create a side navigation drawer to list and switch between documents. Get additional resources by visiting our [DocumentCoordinator API guide](/api/a…
This example shows how to modify the default set of ActionBar icons to your app\
Change the annotation selection behavior by preventing Stamp annotations to be selected after they are created. Get additional resources by visiting …
Show a custom dialog in the document sharing flow. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [configuring PDF sharing options in Android](/gu…
Example of how to use the PdfSearchViewInline in a custom layout. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [customizing PDF viewer styling i…
Showcases how to use the ProgressDataProvider. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [opening PDFs from URLs in Android](/guides/android/…
An example of using the Form Editing UI with your custom activities built around PdfFragment. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [cust…
Shows how to toggle between a custom and a theme highlight color for form elements. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [customizing PD…
Customizes the default set of stamps in the StampPickerDialog. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [PDF stamp annotations in Android](/…
An example of how to customize the overall layout of the PDF viewer component. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [customizing PDF vie…
Change the way annotation notes are hinted at for ink annotations. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [customizing the note icon in An…
Example of how to alter the contextual toolbar menu’s items structure and how to toggle the visibility of items. Displayed on AnnotationCreationToolb…
Using the scroll API together with the VerticalScrollBar widget for an improved document navigation experience. Get additional resources by visiting …
Showcases how to build a custom DownloadProgressFragment. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [opening PDFs from URLs in Android](/guid…
Use a custom SignatureProvider to digitally sign a PDF. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [signing PDFs and adding custom encryption …
Shows how to disable annotation note option in the annotation editing toolbar. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [disabling annotatio…
Use ApplicationPolicy to prevent the copying text. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [copying and pasting annotations in Android](/gu…
Display all documents in the assets folder in a grid view. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [opening multiple PDFs in Android viewer…
Usage example for two PdfFragment instances sitting side-by-side in a single activity. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [opening mul…
How to download a PDF document from the web. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [opening PDFs from URLs in Android](/guides/android/mi…
An example showing how to draw annotations as overlay views instead of rendering them as part of the page. Get additional resources by visiting our g…
Use the PdfProcessor class for document processing. Get additional resources by visiting [Android PDF editor library](/guides/android/features/docume…
Shows how to use PdfProcessor and DocumentCoordinator to create a page thumbnail grid that can be filtered to show either all, or only annotated or b…
Generate a PDF out of multiple document files, add new pages, and protect the new PDF document with a password. Get additional resources by visiting …
Shows how to create a document programmatically using an Android canvas. Get additional resources by visiting our [Android PDF generation library](/g…
The XML Forms Data Format, XFDF for short, can be used to store PDF forms and annotations data independently of a PDF document. This sample shows how…
Shows how to import and export Instant Document JSON with PSPDFKit. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [how Instant JSON works](/guide…
Display existing rich media and video annotations such as videos. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [Embedding Video Annotations into…
Launch the default PDF Viewer UI and load a PDF document in a web browser with our default configuration. Get additional resources by visiting [Andro…
Access and fill out PDF Forms with through the JavaScript bridge. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [PDF annotation actions in Androi…
Merge multiple PDF documents using the document processor. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [merging multiple PDF files in Android](…
An example showing how to open an AES-encrypted PDF on the fly, without storing any of the decrypted information. Get additional resources by visitin…
Open multiple PDF documents in a tabbed interface. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [opening multiple PDFs in Android viewer](/guide…
Open documents from the file system, from app assets or via a content provider URI, and if neccessary display download progress. Get additional resou…
Load a PDF document using a custom DataProvider with PdfActivity. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [opening PDFs from a custom data …
Having complete control over annotation rendering mean you can render only a custom set of annotations of a document. Get additional resources by vis…
Connect to our example PSPDFKit Instant server and download a document for collaborative PDF editing. Get additional resources by visiting [PDF colla…
Fill out PDF forms in code. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [filling PDF form fields programmatically in Android](/guides/android/f…
Perform optical character recognition (OCR) on the PDF document. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [integrating OCR SDK into Android]…
Index all pdfs of the catalog app and make them searchable. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [indexing PDF documents on Android](/gu…
An example with applied custom theme. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [customizing PDF viewer styling in Android](/guides/android/c…
An example PDF that implements a simple calculator app with JavaScript inside the document. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [PDF an…
An example, password-protected PDF document. The password is: test123 Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [opening password-protected P…
Stress test by constantly replacing the displayed document in random time intervals.
Shows how to temporarily apply a rotation to a PDF page. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [rotating PDF pages in Android](/guides/an…
See how to change activity configuration at runtime. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [disabling annotation editing in Android](/gui…
Change the PdfFragment configuration at runtime. Get additional resources by visiting our [PdfActivityConfiguration.Builder API guide](/api/android/j…
You can set different flags, like a NOZOOM flag to ensure the annotation is always drawn with the same dimensions on screen, on annotation objects. G…
See how to start a PdfActivity without any PDF document loaded. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [building an activity around the Pd…
A small PDF screen reader that uses Android’s TextToSpeech and is highlighting the spoken words on the fly. Get additional resources by visiting our …
| Title | Description | Languages |
|---|---|---|
| Add Annotations to Images | Load an image file from a local folder to use with the PDF annotation tools. Get additional resources by visiting [Android Image annotation library](… | Java · Kotlin |
| Add Annotations to PDF with Alpha Values | Programmatically create multiple annotation types to your PDF document. Some examples of programmatic annotations can include adding links, highlight… | Java |
| Create a Digital Signature | Register and use a digital certificate for signing a PDF document. The certificate password is: test. Get additional resources by visiting our guide … | Java · Kotlin |
| Embed Files in a PDF | Programmatically embed a file in a PDF document with file annotations. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [programmatically creating P… | Java · Kotlin |
| Add PDF Form Elements with JavaScript Actions Attached | Programmatically add PDF form elements with JavaScript actions attached to a page. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [validating PDF … | Java |
| Add Signature to PDF | Showcases how to digitally sign a PDF after clicking on the signature form field. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [adding a digital… | Java · Kotlin |
| Add Video and Gallery Annotations Programmatically | This example shows how to add a gallery and a video annotation to a document. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [adding multimedia an… | Java |
| Adding Actions to the Document Sharing Menu | Add a custom action to the document sharing menu. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [configuring PDF sharing options in Android](/gui… | Java |
| Add Watermarks to PDFs | Add custom content, like images, text, and logos, as watermarks to your document pages. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [adding wat… | Java · Kotlin |
| Toggle UI Visibility | This example shows how to change user interface view mode in custom Activity. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [showing or hiding th… | Java · Kotlin |
| Zoom and Pan Documents | See how you can programmatically zoom and pan around a PDF page, either to show a specific area or to focus on a single point on the page. Get additi… | Java · Kotlin |
| Change How Annotation Selection is Visualized | Change how an annotation selection state is visualized. Get additional resources by visiting our [AnnotationSelectionController API documenation](/ap… | Java · Kotlin |
| View Set Up For Continuous Scrolling | Configure the Interface for continuou vertical scrolling, with a fit-to-width page zoom mode. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [conf… | Java · Kotlin |
| Fragment | Create an activity using the PdfFragment. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [building an activity around the PdfFragment](/guides/and… | Java · Kotlin |
| Custom New Page Template | Shows how to add custom templates to the new page dialog. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [customizing the PDF editing toolbar in A… | Java |
| JavaScript Actions | Create and execute JavaScript actions within a PDF document. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [PDF annotation actions in Android](/g… | Java |
| Create PDF Annotations Programmatically | Programmatically create multiple annotation types to your PDF document. Some examples of programmatic annotations can include adding links, highlight… | Java · Kotlin |
| Create PDF Forms Programmatically | Add new PDF Form elements in code. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [creating fillable PDF forms in Android](/guides/android/forms/f… | Java · Kotlin |
| Create a Custom Annotation in PDF Toolbar | Add your own items to the annotation creation toolbar. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [customizing annotation toolbar in Android v… | Java |
| Custom Search UI | Build a custom search view on top of the search API. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [searching for text in PDFs on Android](/guide… | Java |
| Add Custom Sharing Actions | How to implement custom sharing actions. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [configure PDF sharing options in Android](/guides/android… | Java |
| Custom Activity with Toolbars | Hide the default toolbars and only use contextual toolbars within a custom activity that is using PdfFragment. | Java |
| Custom Annotation Inspector | Implement a custom annotation inspector or add custom views to the existing one. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [enabling the anno… | Java |
| Create a Custom UI for Navigating Between PDFs | Create a side navigation drawer to list and switch between documents. Get additional resources by visiting our [DocumentCoordinator API guide](/api/a… | Java |
| Add Custom Actions to the ActionBar | This example shows how to modify the default set of ActionBar icons to your app\ | Java · Kotlin |
| Change Annotation Selection Behavior | Change the annotation selection behavior by preventing Stamp annotations to be selected after they are created. Get additional resources by visiting … | Java |
| Custom Document Sharing Dialog | Show a custom dialog in the document sharing flow. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [configuring PDF sharing options in Android](/gu… | Java |
| Custom Inline Search | Example of how to use the PdfSearchViewInline in a custom layout. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [customizing PDF viewer styling i… | Java |
| Progress Data Provider | Showcases how to use the ProgressDataProvider. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [opening PDFs from URLs in Android](/guides/android/… | Java · Kotlin |
| Custom Activity Integration with the PDF Form Editing UI | An example of using the Form Editing UI with your custom activities built around PdfFragment. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [cust… | Java |
| Change the PDF Form Highlight Color | Shows how to toggle between a custom and a theme highlight color for form elements. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [customizing PD… | Java |
| Use a Custom Set of PDF Stamp Annotations | Customizes the default set of stamps in the StampPickerDialog. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [PDF stamp annotations in Android](/… | Java |
| Custom the PDF View Layout | An example of how to customize the overall layout of the PDF viewer component. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [customizing PDF vie… | Java · Kotlin |
| Customize Annotation Note Hints | Change the way annotation notes are hinted at for ink annotations. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [customizing the note icon in An… | Java · Kotlin |
| Custom PDF Annotation Toolbar Grouping | Example of how to alter the contextual toolbar menu’s items structure and how to toggle the visibility of items. Displayed on AnnotationCreationToolb… | Java |
| Vertical Scroll Bar in the Document View | Using the scroll API together with the VerticalScrollBar widget for an improved document navigation experience. Get additional resources by visiting … | Java |
| Customize the Download Progress Dialog | Showcases how to build a custom DownloadProgressFragment. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [opening PDFs from URLs in Android](/guid… | Java |
| Digitally Sign PDF with Custom SignatureProvider | Use a custom SignatureProvider to digitally sign a PDF. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [signing PDFs and adding custom encryption … | Java · Kotlin |
| Disable Annotation Properties | Shows how to disable annotation note option in the annotation editing toolbar. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [disabling annotatio… | Java |
| Disable Text Selection in PDF | Use ApplicationPolicy to prevent the copying text. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [copying and pasting annotations in Android](/gu… | Kotlin · Java |
| Kiosk Grid: Display Multiple PDFs | Display all documents in the assets folder in a grid view. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [opening multiple PDFs in Android viewer… | Java · Kotlin |
| Show Two PDFs Side by Side | Usage example for two PdfFragment instances sitting side-by-side in a single activity. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [opening mul… | Java |
| Download a PDF Into Your App | How to download a PDF document from the web. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [opening PDFs from URLs in Android](/guides/android/mi… | Java · Kotlin |
| Annotation Overlay Mode | An example showing how to draw annotations as overlay views instead of rendering them as part of the page. Get additional resources by visiting our g… | Java |
| PDF Processing and Editing | Use the PdfProcessor class for document processing. Get additional resources by visiting [Android PDF editor library](/guides/android/features/docume… | Java · Kotlin |
| Filterable Thumbnail Grid | Shows how to use PdfProcessor and DocumentCoordinator to create a page thumbnail grid that can be filtered to show either all, or only annotated or b… | Java |
| Generate PDF Report | Generate a PDF out of multiple document files, add new pages, and protect the new PDF document with a password. Get additional resources by visiting … | Java · Kotlin |
| PDF Creation from Canvas | Shows how to create a document programmatically using an Android canvas. Get additional resources by visiting our [Android PDF generation library](/g… | Java · Kotlin |
| XFDF Data Import and Export | The XML Forms Data Format, XFDF for short, can be used to store PDF forms and annotations data independently of a PDF document. This sample shows how… | Java |
| Import and Export Instant Document JSON | Shows how to import and export Instant Document JSON with PSPDFKit. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [how Instant JSON works](/guide… | Java · Kotlin |
| Inline Multimedia | Display existing rich media and video annotations such as videos. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [Embedding Video Annotations into… | Java · Kotlin |
| PDF Viewer | Launch the default PDF Viewer UI and load a PDF document in a web browser with our default configuration. Get additional resources by visiting [Andro… | Java · Kotlin |
| JavaScript PDF Form Filling | Access and fill out PDF Forms with through the JavaScript bridge. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [PDF annotation actions in Androi… | Java |
| Merge PDF Documents | Merge multiple PDF documents using the document processor. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [merging multiple PDF files in Android](… | Java · Kotlin |
| Open an AES-Encrypted PDF | An example showing how to open an AES-encrypted PDF on the fly, without storing any of the decrypted information. Get additional resources by visitin… | Java |
| Open Multiple PDFs in Tabs | Open multiple PDF documents in a tabbed interface. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [opening multiple PDFs in Android viewer](/guide… | Java · Kotlin |
| Open Remote or Local PDFs | Open documents from the file system, from app assets or via a content provider URI, and if neccessary display download progress. Get additional resou… | Java · Kotlin |
| Using Custom DataProviders | Load a PDF document using a custom DataProvider with PdfActivity. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [opening PDFs from a custom data … | Kotlin · Java |
| Annotation Rendering in PDFs | Having complete control over annotation rendering mean you can render only a custom set of annotations of a document. Get additional resources by vis… | Java · Kotlin |
| PDF Collaboration with Instant | Connect to our example PSPDFKit Instant server and download a document for collaborative PDF editing. Get additional resources by visiting [PDF colla… | Java · Kotlin |
| Fill Out PDF Forms Programmatically | Fill out PDF forms in code. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [filling PDF form fields programmatically in Android](/guides/android/f… | Java · Kotlin |
| OCR | Perform optical character recognition (OCR) on the PDF document. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [integrating OCR SDK into Android]… | Java · Kotlin |
| Full-Text Search Indexing | Index all pdfs of the catalog app and make them searchable. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [indexing PDF documents on Android](/gu… | Java |
| Use the Dark Theme | An example with applied custom theme. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [customizing PDF viewer styling in Android](/guides/android/c… | Java · Kotlin |
| PDF-Based JavaScript Calculator | An example PDF that implements a simple calculator app with JavaScript inside the document. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [PDF an… | Java · Kotlin |
| Password Protected PDF | An example, password-protected PDF document. The password is: test123 Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [opening password-protected P… | Java · Kotlin |
| Random Document Replacement Example | Stress test by constantly replacing the displayed document in random time intervals. | Java |
| Rotate Page Temporarily | Shows how to temporarily apply a rotation to a PDF page. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [rotating PDF pages in Android](/guides/an… | Java · Kotlin |
| Runtime Configuration Activity | See how to change activity configuration at runtime. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [disabling annotation editing in Android](/gui… | Kotlin · Java |
| Runtime Configuration Fragment | Change the PdfFragment configuration at runtime. Get additional resources by visiting our [PdfActivityConfiguration.Builder API guide](/api/android/j… | Java · Kotlin |
| Set Annotation Flags on PDF | You can set different flags, like a NOZOOM flag to ensure the annotation is always drawn with the same dimensions on screen, on annotation objects. G… | Java |
| Start PdfActivity without PDF Loaded | See how to start a PdfActivity without any PDF document loaded. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on [building an activity around the Pd… | Java · Kotlin |
| TextToSpeech Screen Reader | A small PDF screen reader that uses Android’s TextToSpeech and is highlighting the spoken words on the fly. Get additional resources by visiting our … | Java |