---
title: "Set annotation author on Android in PDF"
canonical_url: "https://www.nutrient.io/guides/android/annotations/annotation-author-name/"
md_url: "https://www.nutrient.io/guides/android/annotations/annotation-author-name.md"
last_updated: "2026-06-09T10:30:03.790Z"
description: "Learn how to set the PDF annotation author name on Android using PSPDFKit. Create a seamless user experience with customizable annotation settings."
---

# Set annotation author names on Android easily

Each annotation created by your users will contain the annotation author name. By default, Nutrient will ask your users for this name the first time they create an annotation.![Annotation creator dialog](@/assets/guides/android/annotations/annotation-creator-dialog.png)

You can programmatically set the annotation creator name using [`PSPDFKitPreferences#setAnnotationCreator`](https://www.nutrient.io/api/android/nutrient/com.pspdfkit.preferences/-p-s-p-d-f-kit-preferences/set-annotation-creator.html). If you do so, we won’t display the annotation creator dialog for your users. If you want to reset the creator name, you can call [`PSPDFKitPreferences#resetAnnotationCreator`](https://www.nutrient.io/api/android/nutrient/com.pspdfkit.preferences/-p-s-p-d-f-kit-preferences/reset-annotation-creator.html), which will bring up the annotation creator name dialog again the next time an annotation is created. To see if the user has already entered a name, you can call [`PSPDFKitPreferences#isAnnotationCreatorSet`](https://www.nutrient.io/api/android/nutrient/com.pspdfkit.preferences/-p-s-p-d-f-kit-preferences/is-annotation-creator-set.html), like so:

### KOTLIN

```kotlin

// Check if the annotation creator has already been set.
if (PSPDFKitPreferences.get(context).isAnnotationCreatorSet()) {
    // Ask user for the annotation creator....
    // Set the creator to PSPDFKit preferences.
    PSPDFKitPreferences.get(context).setAnnotationCreator(annotationCreator)
}

```

### JAVA

```java

// Check if the annotation creator has already been set.
if (PSPDFKitPreferences.get(context).isAnnotationCreatorSet()) {
    // Ask user for the annotation creator name....
    // Set the creator to PSPDFKit preferences.
    PSPDFKitPreferences.get(context).setAnnotationCreator(annotationCreator);
}

```
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## Related pages

- [Embed or attach a file to a PDF on Android](/guides/android/annotations/file-annotations.md)
- [Define annotation behavior with flags on Android](/guides/android/annotations/annotation-flags.md)
- [Copy and paste annotations on Android](/guides/android/features/copy-paste.md)
- [Programmatically create annotations on Android](/guides/android/annotations/programmatically-creating-annotations.md)
- [Disabling annotation editing on Android](/guides/android/annotations/configuring-annotation-editing.md)
- [Detect if an annotation has changed on Android](/guides/android/annotations/create-edit-and-remove/detect-changes.md)
- [Undo and redo annotations on Android](/guides/android/features/undo-redo.md)
- [Z-Index for annotation stacking order on Android](/guides/android/annotations/annotation-z-index.md)