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Quick Start Guide

MuPDF App Kit libraries enable quick and easy PDF document viewing and editing for Android and iOS platforms.

This guide demonstrates how our Drop-in UI solution allows you to get up and running with minimal coding effort.

Note

The Drop-in UI connects with the native file browser on your Android and iOS platforms for ease of integration and to enable the best possible document management experience.

Setup & integration

Android

1. Embed the App Kit libraries into your project folder:

2. Set the minimum Android SDK level in your Gradle file:

android {
    defaultConfig {
        minSdkVersion 23
        ...
    }
    ...
}

3. Reference the following dependencies in your Gradle file:

dependencies {
    ...
    // Dependency on view binding
    implementation 'androidx.databinding:viewbinding:7.1.2'
    // Dependency on navigation fragments
    implementation 'androidx.navigation:navigation-fragment-ktx:2.2.2'
    implementation 'androidx.navigation:navigation-ui-ktx:2.2.2'

    // Dependency on local binaries
    implementation fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.aar'])
}

4. Include the default UI activity in your AndroidManifest.xml as follows:

<activity android:name="com.artifex.sonui.editor.default_ui.DefaultUIActivity"
    android:exported="true"
    android:configChanges="orientation|keyboard|keyboardHidden|screenSize|smallestScreenSize|screenLayout|uiMode"
    android:screenOrientation="fullSensor"
    android:theme="@style/sodk_editor_mui_theme">
</activity>

5. Import the default UI activity into your application code:

import com.artifex.sonui.editor.default_ui.DefaultUIActivity

6. Instantiate the App Kit DefaultUIActivity class with data representing your file URI and start the activity:

KotlinJava

val defaultUI = Intent(this, DefaultUIActivity::class.java).apply {
    this.action = Intent.ACTION_VIEW
    this.data = uri
}

startActivity(defaultUI)

Note

If you send null for the data uri value then the system file browser will open, whereby you can select a file to view.

iOS

1. Embed the App Kit frameworks into your Xcode project:

2. Import the frameworks into your application code:

SwiftObjective-C

import mupdfdk
import mupdf_default_ui

3. Instantiate the App Kit DefaultUIViewController with your document URL and push it to your navigation controller:

SwiftObjective-C

if let vc = DefaultUIViewController.viewController(url: url) {
    vc.modalPresentationStyle = .fullScreen
    self.navigationController?.pushViewController(vc, animated: true)
}

Customization

If you wish to build your own UI for file viewing then you should integrate your application code with the App Kit API.

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