---
title: "AI Assistant (Multiple Documents, ViewPager)"
canonical_url: "https://www.nutrient.io/guides/android/samples/ai-assistant-multiple-documents-viewpager-kotlin/"
md_url: "https://www.nutrient.io/guides/android/samples/ai-assistant-multiple-documents-viewpager-kotlin.md"
last_updated: "2026-05-15T19:10:04.916Z"
description: "AI-powered document chat across multiple documents using ViewPager2 and PdfFragment. Requires the AI Assistant demo server running locally."
---

# AI Assistant (Multiple Documents, ViewPager)

AI-powered document chat across multiple documents using ViewPager2 and PdfFragment. Requires the AI Assistant demo server running locally.

[Get Started](https://www.nutrient.io/sdk/android/getting-started.md)

[All Samples](https://www.nutrient.io/guides/android/samples.md)

[Download](https://www.nutrient.io/guides/android/downloads.md)

[Launch Demo](https://www.nutrient.io/demo/)

---

```kotlin

/*
 *   Copyright © 2025-2026 PSPDFKit GmbH. All rights reserved.
 *
 *   The PSPDFKit Sample applications are licensed with a modified BSD license.
 *   Please see License for details. This notice may not be removed from this file.
 */

package com.pspdfkit.catalog.examples.kotlin

import android.content.Context
import android.content.Intent
import android.graphics.RectF
import android.os.Bundle
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity
import androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar
import androidx.fragment.app.Fragment
import androidx.viewpager2.adapter.FragmentStateAdapter
import androidx.viewpager2.widget.ViewPager2
import com.google.android.material.tabs.TabLayoutMediator
import com.pspdfkit.ai.showAiAssistant
import com.pspdfkit.catalog.R
import com.pspdfkit.catalog.SdkExample
import com.pspdfkit.catalog.SdkExample.Companion.WELCOME_DOC
import com.pspdfkit.catalog.examples.kotlin.AiAssistantComposeActivity.Companion.PREFERENCES_NAME
import com.pspdfkit.catalog.examples.kotlin.AiAssistantComposeActivity.Companion.PREF_AI_IP_ADDRESS
import com.pspdfkit.catalog.examples.kotlin.AiAssistantViewPagerActivity.Companion.EXTRA_CONFIGURATION
import com.pspdfkit.catalog.utils.JwtGenerator
import com.pspdfkit.configuration.PdfConfiguration
import com.pspdfkit.configuration.activity.PdfActivityConfiguration
import com.pspdfkit.document.providers.AssetDataProvider
import com.pspdfkit.document.providers.getDataProviderFromDocumentSource
import com.pspdfkit.ui.DocumentDescriptor
import com.pspdfkit.ui.PdfFragment
import com.pspdfkit.utils.getSupportParcelableExtra
import io.nutrient.domain.ai.AiAssistant
import io.nutrient.domain.ai.AiAssistantProvider

/**
 * Shows how to implement AI Assistant chat supporting multiple documents analysis and interaction inside a ViewPager.
 */
class AiAssistantViewPagerExample(context: Context) :
    SdkExample(
        context,
        R.string.aiAssistantViewPagerExampleTitle,
        R.string.aiAssistantViewPagerExampleDescription,
    ) {
    override val launchRequirements = setOf(SdkExample.LaunchRequirement.AI_ASSISTANT_SERVER)

    override fun launchExample(context: Context, configuration: PdfActivityConfiguration.Builder) {
        val intent = Intent(context, AiAssistantViewPagerActivity::class.java)
        configuration.setAiAssistantEnabled(true)
        intent.putExtra(
            EXTRA_CONFIGURATION,
            configuration.build().configuration,
        )

        context.startActivity(intent)
    }
}

class AiAssistantViewPagerActivity :
    AppCompatActivity(),
    AiAssistantProvider {
    private lateinit var pager: ViewPager2
    private lateinit var fragmentAdapter: ViewPagerPdfFragmentAdapter
    private var selectedPage = 0
    private val sessionId = AiAssistantViewPagerActivity::class.java.simpleName
    var ipAddressValue = ""

    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_view_pager_ai_assistant)
        findViewById<Toolbar>(R.id.main_toolbar).let {
            it.setOnMenuItemClickListener { _ ->
                showAiAssistant(this@AiAssistantViewPagerActivity)
                true
            }
        }
        val preferences = getSharedPreferences(PREFERENCES_NAME, MODE_PRIVATE)
        ipAddressValue = preferences.getString(PREF_AI_IP_ADDRESS, "")?: ""
        fragmentAdapter = ViewPagerPdfFragmentAdapter(this@AiAssistantViewPagerActivity, documentDescriptors)
        pager =
            findViewById<ViewPager2>(R.id.view_pager).apply {
                this.adapter = fragmentAdapter
                isUserInputEnabled = false
                registerOnPageChangeCallback(
                    object : ViewPager2.OnPageChangeCallback() {
                        override fun onPageSelected(position: Int) {
                            super.onPageSelected(position)
                            selectedPage = position // Save the selected page.
                        }

                        override fun onPageScrollStateChanged(state: Int) {
                            super.onPageScrollStateChanged(state)
                            // Refresh the fragment when the user stops scrolling.
                            if (state == 0) {
                                supportFragmentManager.findFragmentByTag("f$selectedPage")?.let {
                                    if (it is PdfFragment) it.refreshPages()
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    },
                )
            }

        TabLayoutMediator(findViewById(R.id.tab_layout), pager) { tab, position ->
            tab.text = "Tab ${position + 1}"
        }.attach()
    }

    companion object {
        val assetFiles = listOf(WELCOME_DOC, "Scientific-paper.pdf", "Teacher.pdf", "The-Cosmic-Context-for-Life.pdf")
        internal const val EXTRA_CONFIGURATION = "Nutrient.AIAssistantViewPagerActivity.configuration"
    }

    var assistant: AiAssistant? = null

    override fun getAiAssistant(): AiAssistant = assistant?: initialiseAiAssistant().also {
        assistant = it
    }

    val documentDescriptors =
        assetFiles.map {
            DocumentDescriptor.fromDataProviders(listOf(AssetDataProvider(it)), listOf(), listOf())
        }

    fun initialiseAiAssistant(): AiAssistant = com.pspdfkit.ai.createAiAssistant(
        context = this,
        documentsDescriptors = documentDescriptors,
        serverUrl = "http://$ipAddressValue:4000",
        sessionId = sessionId,
        jwtToken = { documentIds ->
            JwtGenerator.generateJwtToken(
                this@AiAssistantViewPagerActivity,
                claims =
                mapOf(
                    "document_ids" to documentIds,
                    "session_ids" to listOf(sessionId),
                    "request_limit" to
                        mapOf(
                            "requests" to 160,
                            "time_period_s" to 1000 * 60 * 10,
                        ),
                ),
            )
        },
    )

    @OptIn(ExperimentalStdlibApi::class)
    override fun navigateTo(documentRect: List<RectF>, pageIndex: Int, documentIndex: Int) {
        val fragment = fragmentAdapter.fragments[documentIndex]
        pager.setCurrentItem(documentIndex, true)
        fragment.highlight(this@AiAssistantViewPagerActivity, documentRect, pageIndex)
    }
}

/** Minimal [FragmentStateAdapter] to provide [PdfFragment] for each page. */
class ViewPagerPdfFragmentAdapter(val activity: AiAssistantViewPagerActivity, descriptors: List<DocumentDescriptor>) :
    FragmentStateAdapter(activity) {
    val configuration =
        activity.intent.getSupportParcelableExtra(EXTRA_CONFIGURATION, PdfConfiguration::class.java)?: throw IllegalStateException("Activity Intent was missing configuration extra!")

    override fun getItemCount(): Int = fragments.size

    val fragments =
        descriptors.map {
            val dataProvider = it.documentSource.getDataProviderFromDocumentSource()
            PdfFragment.newInstance(dataProvider, null, configuration)
        }

    override fun createFragment(position: Int): Fragment = fragments[position]
}

```

This code sample is an example that illustrates how to use our SDK. Please adapt it to your specific use case.

---

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