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DocumentationUsing PDFTron
PDFTron is easy to get up and running with popular package managers and a few lines of code.
Viewing a PDF
Creating an Annotation
Converting to Image
import com.pdftron.pdf.controls.DocumentActivity;
// from internal storage
final Uri localFile = Uri.fromFile(new File("tiger.pdf"));
DocumentActivity.openDocument(this, localFile);