Integrate UWP PDF library with NuGet

linkPrerequisites

• Visual Studio 2017 or higher.

  Make sure the Universal Windows Platform development workload is part of your installation.

linkSetup

1. Open a new instance of Visual Studio and create a new Project (File -> New -> Project...). In the new project dialog, select the language of your choice for UWP development. Call the application myapp-uwp.

   

linkIntegrate PDFTron into your UWP Application

1. Find your project in the Solution Explorer. Right Click on the project and click on Manage NuGet Packages.... In the package manager, select the Browse tab and search for PDFTron.UWP. Install this package.

   

   You can also find the package on nuget.org.

2. Open MainPage.xaml. Replace the contents of the <Grid></Grid> tag with:

   <Grid Background="{StaticResource ApplicationPageBackgroundThemeBrush}">
       <Grid.RowDefinitions>
           <RowDefinition Height="*"/>
           <RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
       </Grid.RowDefinitions>
   
       <Border x:Name="PDFViewBorder" Grid.Row="0"/>
   
       <StackPanel Grid.Row="1" Orientation="Horizontal" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Margin="5">
           <Button x:Name="OpenButton">Open</Button>
       </StackPanel>
   </Grid>

linkNext step

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linkTroubleshooting

Why can't I use "Any CPU" configuration for UWP?
Projects that contain native code cannot use the "Any CPU" configuration