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# PDF search library for Android

Search across PDF documents, pages, and annotations for matching text. Nutrient Android SDK offers developers an API for programmatic full-text search, as well as a customizable UI for searching and highlighting relevant matches.

## Key capabilities

- **Full-text search** — Programmatically or by using the UI

- **Indexed search** — Search inside multiple PDFs at once

- **Annotation search** — Find specific PDF annotations

- **Customizable UI** — Adjust the search form to match your look and feel

- **Extendable** — Add annotation, extraction, redaction, and more

## Guides for search

**[Search for text in a PDF](https://www.nutrient.io/guides/android/features/text-search.md)**
How to search for text within a single PDF document

**[Search for annotations in a PDF](https://www.nutrient.io/guides/android/search/search-in-a-pdf/annotation-search.md)**
How to search for text contained in annotations

**[Index multiple documents](https://www.nutrient.io/guides/android/features/indexed-full-text-search.md)**
How to index multiple PDF documents for use in indexed full-text search

**[Indexed search matching options](https://www.nutrient.io/guides/android/search/indexed-full-text-search/matching-options.md)**
How to configure matching options for indexed full-text search

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## Related pages

- [Indexing PDF documents on Android](/guides/android/features/indexed-full-text-search.md)
- [PDF search matching options on Android](/guides/android/search/indexed-full-text-search/matching-options.md)
- [Search PDF annotations on Android](/guides/android/search/search-in-a-pdf/annotation-search.md)
- [Search for text in PDFs on Android](/guides/android/features/text-search.md)