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Learn more about our [Android SDK](/core/get-started/languages/java.md) and [PDF Editing & Manipulation Library](/core/page-manipulation/manipulation.md). {% tabs %} {% tab title="Java" %} {% code lineNumbers="true" %} ```java //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- // Copyright (c) 2001-2019 by PDFTron Systems Inc. All Rights Reserved. // Consult legal.txt regarding legal and license information. //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- package com.pdftron.android.pdfnetsdksamples.samples; import com.pdftron.android.pdfnetsdksamples.OutputListener; import com.pdftron.android.pdfnetsdksamples.PDFNetSample; import com.pdftron.android.pdfnetsdksamples.R; import com.pdftron.android.pdfnetsdksamples.util.Utils; import com.pdftron.pdf.ContentReplacer; import com.pdftron.pdf.Image; import com.pdftron.pdf.PDFDoc; import com.pdftron.pdf.Page; import com.pdftron.pdf.Rect; import com.pdftron.sdf.SDFDoc; import java.util.ArrayList; public class ContentReplacerTest extends PDFNetSample { private static OutputListener mOutputListener; private static ArrayList mFileList = new ArrayList<>(); public ContentReplacerTest() { setTitle(R.string.sample_contentreplacer_title); setDescription(R.string.sample_contentreplacer_description); } @Override public void run(OutputListener outputListener) { super.run(outputListener); mOutputListener = outputListener; mFileList.clear(); printHeader(outputListener); // The first step in every application using PDFNet is to initialize the // library and set the path to common PDF resources. The library is usually // initialized only once, but calling Initialize() multiple times is also fine. //-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- // Example 1) Update a business card template with personalized info try (PDFDoc doc = new PDFDoc(Utils.getAssetTempFile(INPUT_PATH + "BusinessCardTemplate.pdf").getAbsolutePath())) { doc.initSecurityHandler(); ContentReplacer replacer = new ContentReplacer(); Page page = doc.getPage(1); // first, replace the image on the first page Image img = Image.create(doc, Utils.getAssetTempFile(INPUT_PATH + "peppers.jpg").getAbsolutePath()); replacer.addImage(page.getMediaBox(), img.getSDFObj()); // next, replace the text place holders on the second page replacer.addString("NAME", "John Smith"); replacer.addString("QUALIFICATIONS", "Philosophy Doctor"); replacer.addString("JOB_TITLE", "Software Developer"); replacer.addString("ADDRESS_LINE1", "#100 123 Software Rd"); replacer.addString("ADDRESS_LINE2", "Vancouver, BC"); replacer.addString("PHONE_OFFICE", "604-730-8989"); replacer.addString("PHONE_MOBILE", "604-765-4321"); replacer.addString("EMAIL", "info@pdftron.com"); replacer.addString("WEBSITE_URL", "http://www.pdftron.com"); // finally, apply replacer.process(page); doc.save(Utils.createExternalFile("BusinessCard.pdf", mFileList).getAbsolutePath(), SDFDoc.SaveMode.REMOVE_UNUSED, null); mOutputListener.println("Done. Result saved in BusinessCard.pdf"); } catch (Exception e) { mOutputListener.printError(e.getStackTrace()); return; } //-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- // Example 2) Replace text in a region with new text try (PDFDoc doc = new PDFDoc(Utils.getAssetTempFile(INPUT_PATH + "newsletter.pdf").getAbsolutePath())) { doc.initSecurityHandler(); ContentReplacer replacer = new ContentReplacer(); Page page = doc.getPage(1); Rect target_region = page.getMediaBox(); String replacement_text = "hello hello hello hello hello hello hello hello hello hello"; replacer.addText(target_region, replacement_text); replacer.process(page); doc.save(Utils.createExternalFile("ContentReplaced.pdf", mFileList).getAbsolutePath(), SDFDoc.SaveMode.REMOVE_UNUSED, null); mOutputListener.println("Done. Result saved in ContentReplaced.pdf"); } catch (Exception e) { mOutputListener.printError(e.getStackTrace()); return; } mOutputListener.println("Done."); for (String file : mFileList) { addToFileList(file); } printFooter(outputListener); } } ``` {% endcode %} {% endtab %} {% tab title="Kotlin" %} {% code lineNumbers="true" %} ```kotlin //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- // Copyright (c) 2001-2019 by PDFTron Systems Inc. All Rights Reserved. // Consult legal.txt regarding legal and license information. //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- package com.pdftron.android.pdfnetsdksamples.samples import com.pdftron.android.pdfnetsdksamples.OutputListener import com.pdftron.android.pdfnetsdksamples.PDFNetSample import com.pdftron.android.pdfnetsdksamples.R import com.pdftron.android.pdfnetsdksamples.util.Utils import com.pdftron.pdf.ContentReplacer import com.pdftron.pdf.Image import com.pdftron.pdf.PDFDoc import com.pdftron.sdf.SDFDoc import java.util.* class ContentReplacerTest : PDFNetSample() { init { setTitle(R.string.sample_contentreplacer_title) setDescription(R.string.sample_contentreplacer_description) } override fun run(outputListener: OutputListener?) { super.run(outputListener) mOutputListener = outputListener mFileList.clear() printHeader(outputListener!!) // The first step in every application using PDFNet is to initialize the // library and set the path to common PDF resources. The library is usually // initialized only once, but calling Initialize() multiple times is also fine. //-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- // Example 1) Update a business card template with personalized info try { PDFDoc(Utils.getAssetTempFile(PDFNetSample.INPUT_PATH + "BusinessCardTemplate.pdf")!!.absolutePath).use {doc -> doc.initSecurityHandler() val replacer = ContentReplacer() val page = doc.getPage(1) // first, replace the image on the first page val img = Image.create(doc, Utils.getAssetTempFile(PDFNetSample.INPUT_PATH + "peppers.jpg")!!.absolutePath) replacer.addImage(page.mediaBox, img.sdfObj) // next, replace the text place holders on the second page replacer.addString("NAME", "John Smith") replacer.addString("QUALIFICATIONS", "Philosophy Doctor") replacer.addString("JOB_TITLE", "Software Developer") replacer.addString("ADDRESS_LINE1", "#100 123 Software Rd") replacer.addString("ADDRESS_LINE2", "Vancouver, BC") replacer.addString("PHONE_OFFICE", "604-730-8989") replacer.addString("PHONE_MOBILE", "604-765-4321") replacer.addString("EMAIL", "info@pdftron.com") replacer.addString("WEBSITE_URL", "http://www.pdftron.com") // finally, apply replacer.process(page) doc.save(Utils.createExternalFile("BusinessCard.pdf", mFileList).absolutePath, SDFDoc.SaveMode.REMOVE_UNUSED, null) mOutputListener!!.println("Done. Result saved in BusinessCard.pdf") } } catch (e: Exception) { mOutputListener!!.printError(e.stackTrace) return } //-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- // Example 2) Replace text in a region with new text try { PDFDoc(Utils.getAssetTempFile(PDFNetSample.INPUT_PATH + "newsletter.pdf")!!.absolutePath).use { doc -> doc.initSecurityHandler() val replacer = ContentReplacer() val page = doc.getPage(1) val target_region = page.mediaBox val replacement_text = "hello hello hello hello hello hello hello hello hello hello" replacer.addText(target_region, replacement_text) replacer.process(page) doc.save(Utils.createExternalFile("ContentReplaced.pdf", mFileList).absolutePath, SDFDoc.SaveMode.REMOVE_UNUSED, null) mOutputListener!!.println("Done. 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