PDFTron Blog

Annotation Tool and Viewing "Quality of Life" Improvements

This blog post covers additions made in versions 9.0.2 and 9.1.0. For these releases we focused on making important quality-of-life improvements to the viewing API and improving the functionality of our…

Sept 10 2021

Introducing an All-New Annotation List, Viewer and API Improvements, and More

Our PDFTron iOS SDK continues to grow -- faster than we can report! So in this post, we do a little catch up, combining news of the latest changes in back-to-back releases, version 9.0.1 and 9.0.0, each…

Jun 10 2021

Introducing improved Apple Pencil support, support for Swift Package Manager, .xcframeworks, and more

Today we are pleased to announce version 8.1.2 of the PDFTron iOS SDK. This blog post covers 8.1.2 and the 8.1.0/1 releases. Improved Apple Pencil Support Apple Pencil support has been enhanced by adding…

Mar 10 2021

Introducing text annotation improvements for iOS in PDFTron 8.0.1

Today we are excited to announce version 8.0.1 of the PDFTron iOS SDK. This version adds a new text property bar and other text editing improvements, and more. Text Annotation Improvements It is now easier…

Oct 29 2020

Introducing a New UI for iOS in PDFTron 8.0

Today we are excited to announce version 8.0 of the PDFTron iOS SDK. With this version we are introducing an all-new UI, built-in PDF rubber stamps and other enhancements. New Annotation UI PDFTron's new…

Sept 24 2020

React Native Document Collaboration with PDFTron 7.1.3 for iOS

Today we are excited to announce version 7.1.3 of the PDFTron iOS SDK. This release adds many new features to our React Native library to support real-time document collaboration and more extensive UI…

Jun 16 2020

PDF Callout Annotation Tool, Text Annotation Custom Fonts, Sepia Mode, and More in PDFTron SDK for iOS 7.1.2

We are pleased to announce version 7.1.2 of PDFTron's iOS SDK. In this release we've added a new callout annotation tool, support for custom fonts in text annotations and reflow mode, a new sepia viewing…

May 11 2020

Multiple saved signatures, freehand highlighter and more...

We are pleased to announce versions 7.1.0 and 7.1.1 of PDFTron's iOS SDK. In these releases we've added support for multiple saved signatures, a freehand highlighter tool, viewer-optimized PDFs, a new…

Apr 7 2020

PDF Merging, Blank Page Templates, and More With PDFTron 7.0.5 for iOS

We are excited to announce version 7.0.5 of PDFTron's iOS SDK. This release adds PDF merging, annotation copy/paste, blank page templates for AEC, image cropping, and more. Adding PDF Pages PDFs can now be…

Jan 31 2020

Reflow with Images, Improved Button Layout, and More With PDFTron 7.0.4 for iOS

We are excited to announce version 7.0.4 of PDFTron's iOS SDK! This release adds reflow with images, an improved button layout, a new text search UI, new icons, and more. Reflow with images The powerful…

Nov 28 2019

Improved iPad UX, thumbnail browser, and annotation selection in 7.0.3 for iOS

We are excited to announce version 7.0.3 of PDFTron's iOS SDK. With this release, a PDF and the navigation lists sit side-by-side, thumbnails can be filtered by bookmarks/annotations, annotations can be…

Oct 31 2019

PencilKit Support, Real-time Annotation resizing & moving, Collaboration UI, and More With PDFTron 7.0.2 for iOS

We are excited to announce version 7.0.2 of PDFTron's iOS SDK. This release adds official support for Apple's PencilKit framework, iOS 13 Dark Mode, real-time annotation resizing and moving, a new…

Oct 10 2019

PencilKit Beta Support, PDF Annotation Grouping, Improved Page Manipulation, and More With PDFTron 7.0.1 for iOS

We are happy to announce version 7.0.1 of PDFTron's iOS SDK. This release adds beta support for Apple's PencilKit framework, multiple annotation selection and grouping, improved page manipulation, a new…

Aug 28 2019

Undo/Redo Support, Improved Search and More With PDFTron 7.0.0 for iOS

We are happy to announce version 7.0.0 of PDFTron's iOS SDK. This release adds undo/redo support, a better search UI, support for grouped annotations, and more. Undo/redo support PDFTron for iOS now…

Aug 6 2019

New OCG layer browser, real-time collaboration support, customizable controls with PDFTron 6.10.6 for iOS

Today we are excited to announce version 6.10.6 of PDFTron's iOS SDK. This release adds a OCG layer browser, real-time collaboration support, measurement calibration, customizable controls, and more. OCG…

Jun 28 2019

Introducing Apple Pencil support, real-time collaboration, and image stamp rotation in PDFTron 6.10.4 for iOS

We are happy to announce version 6.10.4 of PDFTron's iOS SDK. This release adds image stamp annotation rotation, Apple Pencil support, real-time collaboration support, keyboard shortcuts, a new signature…

Jun 3 2019

MS Office Document streaming, image stamping, improved localization, and more in PDFTron 6.10.3 for iOS

We are happy to announce version 6.10.3 of PDFTron's iOS SDK. This release adds Word, Excel, and PowerPoint streaming, image stamping, measurement tool snapping, improved localization, and more! Office…

Apr 30 2019

Redaction, measurement tools, a file comparison control, and more in PDFTron 6.10.1 for iOS

We are happy to announce version 6.10.1 of PDFTron's iOS SDK. This release adds redaction capabilities, form field navigation buttons, and new features for architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC…

Mar 28 2019

Seamless Viewing of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Other Formats with PDFTron 6.10.0 for iOS

We are pleased to introduce version 6.10.0 of PDFTron's iOS SDK. This release adds a universal document viewing API, file comparison API, and more. Universal document viewing With this release, it is now…

Mar 4 2019

How Your Feedback Has Shaped PDFTron iOS SDK During 2018

2018 was a big year for our iOS SDK. We pushed things forward in many ways big and small, improving both what the SDK can do and how easy it is use. Many improvements were initiated thanks to customer…

Feb 6 2019

Improved text search, easier customization, and more in PDFTron 6.9.5 for iOS

We are pleased to introduce version 6.9.5 of PDFTron's iOS SDK. This release adds overriding of internal classes, a new full text search control, a new annotation toolbar precedence array API, and more…

Jan 31 2019

PDFTron Releases a New SDK Showcase App for Mobile

We are pleased to introduce the PDFTron SDK Showcase app for iOS and Android. This app demonstrates a number of key in-demand features of the PDFTron SDK on Mobile. Showcase app The SDK Showcase app is…

Jan 15 2019

Improved configuration APIs, a new Showcase sample, and more in PDFTron 6.9.3 for iOS

We are pleased to introduce version 6.9.3 of PDFTron's iOS SDK. This release adds improved and more powerful configuration APIs, a new SDK Showcase sample, and more. Improved and more powerful…

Dec 18 2018

Improved UX and more in PDFTron 6.9.2 for iOS

We are happy to announce the latest release of PDFTron's iOS SDK, which includes refreshed PDF components, data-saving PDF streaming, improved bookmark handling, and more. Refreshed UX PDFTron's UI…

Dec 3 2018

Cloud integration, reader mode and more in PDFTron 6.9.0 for iOS

We are happy to announce the latest release of PDFTron's iOS SDK, which includes built-in access to cloud files, a new iPhone-friendly reader mode via our reflow control, a new data-optimized method read…

Nov 5 2018

New and Powerful Configuration APIs with PDFTron 6.8.7 for iOS

We are pleased to introduce version 6.8.7 of PDFTron for iOS. This release adds new configuration APIs to disable annotation tools and other functionality, iOS 12 support, and more. Disabling annotation…

Sept 18 2018

PDFTron 6.8.6 for iOS

We are pleased to introduce version 6.8.6 of PDFTron for iOS. This release adds support for creating and editing cloudy, polygon, and polyline annotations, and more. Cloudy, Polygon, and Polyline…

Aug 2 2018

PDFTron 6.8.5 for iOS

We are excited to introduce version 6.8.5 of PDFTron for iOS. This release includes a standalone viewer component, tabbed viewer component, new APIs for customizing the UI Tools, and more. Document Viewer…

Jul 11 2018

PDFTron 6.8 for iOS

We are pleased to introduce version 6.8 of PDFTron for iOS. We are have now offered the iOS PDF SDK for over 7 years, and are excited as ever to keep pushing things forward. This release includes…

Apr 4 2018

iOS Tools V 6.2

The way tool library callbacks work has changed for better transparency and customization. Updating existing code to work with the new PDFViewCtrl should only take a couple of minutes and is described here…

Mar 13 2014

PDFTron Releases PDFNet Mobile PDF SDK for Android and iOS

PDFTron Systems Incorporated, a global provider of industry-leading, high-performance electronic document technology, today unveiled the availability of PDFTron's Mobile PDF SDK for Android and iOS…

Sept 26 2011