Custom annotation inspector using Java for Android
Implement a custom annotation inspector or add custom views to the existing one. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on enabling the annotation inspector in Android.
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package com.pspdfkit.catalog.examples.java;
import android.content.Context;import android.content.Intent;import android.net.Uri;import androidx.annotation.NonNull;import com.pspdfkit.catalog.R;import com.pspdfkit.catalog.SdkExample;import com.pspdfkit.catalog.examples.java.activities.CustomAnnotationInspectorActivity;import com.pspdfkit.catalog.tasks.ExtractAssetTask;import com.pspdfkit.configuration.activity.PdfActivityConfiguration;import com.pspdfkit.ui.PdfActivityIntentBuilder;
/** Showcases how to create custom annotation inspector from scratch. */public class CustomAnnotationInspectorExample extends SdkExample {
public CustomAnnotationInspectorExample(@NonNull final Context context) { super( context.getString(R.string.annotationCustomInspectorExampleTitle), context.getString(R.string.annotationCustomInspectorExampleDescription)); }
@Override public void launchExample( @NonNull final Context context, @NonNull final PdfActivityConfiguration.Builder configuration) { // Extract the document from the assets. The launched activity will add annotations to that // document. ExtractAssetTask.extract(WELCOME_DOC, getTitle(), context, documentFile -> { final Intent intent = PdfActivityIntentBuilder.fromUri(context, Uri.fromFile(documentFile)) .configuration(configuration.build()) .activityClass(CustomAnnotationInspectorActivity.class) .build();
// Start the CustomAnnotationInspectorActivity for the extracted document. context.startActivity(intent); }); }}
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