Render PDF annotation in Kotlin for Android

Having complete control over annotation rendering mean you can render only a custom set of annotations of a document. Get additional resources by visiting our guide on rendering annotations in Android.

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 *
 *   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 com.pspdfkit.annotations.AnnotationType
import com.pspdfkit.catalog.R
import com.pspdfkit.configuration.activity.PdfActivityConfiguration


/**
 * This example shows how to configure [com.pspdfkit.ui.PdfActivity] to only render a custom set of annotation types.
 */
class AnnotationRenderingExample(context: Context) : AssetExample(context, R.string.annotationRenderingExampleTitle, R.string.annotationRenderingExampleDescription) {


    override val assetPath: String = ANNOTATIONS_EXAMPLE


    override fun prepareConfiguration(configuration: PdfActivityConfiguration.Builder) {
        // List of annotation types that should be excluded from rendering can be set via configuration.
        configuration.excludedAnnotationTypes(listOf(AnnotationType.NOTE, AnnotationType.HIGHLIGHT))
    }
}

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