Open PDF files on Android

Open PDFs from local storage, remote URLs, Document Engine, or custom data providers. Display, annotate, and edit open documents in the viewer.

Key capabilities

Choose a document source and the features your app needs:

• Local storage or remote URL — Open local files or download remote documents
• Custom data providers — Load PDFs from custom sources
• Secured PDFs — Open encrypted or password-protected files
• Document features — Add annotations, signatures, editing, and forms

Guides for opening a document

Refer to the guide for your document source:

• For local files, refer to the local storage guide.
• For downloads, refer to the remote URL guide.
• For alternatives to memory-only storage, refer to the in-memory data guide.
• For server-hosted documents, refer to the Document Engine guide.
• For custom sources, refer to the custom data provider guide.
• For encrypted documents, refer to the password-protected PDFs guide.