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Merge, copy, delete and rearrange PDF pages in Kotlin

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Sample Kotlin code for using PDFTron SDK to copy pages from one document to another, delete and rearrange pages, and use ImportPages() method for very efficient copy and merge operations. Learn more about our Kotlin PDF Library and PDF Editing & Manipulation Library.

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//---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// 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.PDFDoc
import com.pdftron.pdf.Page
import com.pdftron.sdf.SDFDoc
import java.util.*

class PDFPageTest : PDFNetSample() {
    init {
        setTitle(R.string.sample_pdfpage_title)
        setDescription(R.string.sample_pdfpage_description)
    }

    override fun run(outputListener: OutputListener?) {
        super.run(outputListener)
        mOutputListener = outputListener
        mFileList.clear()
        printHeader(outputListener!!)

        // Sample 1 - Split a PDF document into multiple pages
        try {
            mOutputListener!!.println("_______________________________________________")
            mOutputListener!!.println("Sample 1 - Split a PDF document into multiple pages...")
            mOutputListener!!.println("Opening the input pdf...")
            val in_doc = PDFDoc(Utils.getAssetTempFile(PDFNetSample.INPUT_PATH + "newsletter.pdf")!!.absolutePath)
            in_doc.initSecurityHandler()

            val page_num = in_doc.pageCount
            for (i in 1..page_num) {
                val new_doc = PDFDoc()
                new_doc.insertPages(0, in_doc, i, i, PDFDoc.InsertBookmarkMode.NONE, null)
                val fname = "newsletter_split_page_$i.pdf"
                new_doc.save(Utils.createExternalFile(fname, PDFPageTest.mFileList).absolutePath, SDFDoc.SaveMode.REMOVE_UNUSED, null)
                mOutputListener!!.println("Done. Result saved in newsletter_split_page_$i.pdf")
                new_doc.close()
            }
            in_doc.close()
        } catch (e2: Exception) {
            mOutputListener!!.printError(e2.stackTrace)
        }

        // Sample 2 - Merge several PDF documents into one
        try {
            mOutputListener!!.println("_______________________________________________")
            mOutputListener!!.println("Sample 2 - Merge several PDF documents into one...")
            val new_doc = PDFDoc()
            new_doc.initSecurityHandler()

            val page_num = 15
            for (i in 1..page_num) {
                mOutputListener!!.println("Opening newsletter_split_page_$i.pdf")
                val fname = "newsletter_split_page_$i.pdf"
                val in_doc = PDFDoc(Utils.createExternalFile(fname, PDFPageTest.mFileList).absolutePath)
                new_doc.insertPages(i, in_doc, 1, in_doc.pageCount, PDFDoc.InsertBookmarkMode.NONE, null)
                in_doc.close()
            }
            new_doc.save(Utils.createExternalFile("newsletter_merge_pages.pdf", mFileList).absolutePath, SDFDoc.SaveMode.REMOVE_UNUSED, null)
            mOutputListener!!.println("Done. Result saved in newsletter_merge_pages.pdf")
            new_doc.close()
        } catch (e2: Exception) {
            mOutputListener!!.printError(e2.stackTrace)
        }

        // Sample 3 - Delete every second page
        try {
            mOutputListener!!.println("_______________________________________________")
            mOutputListener!!.println("Sample 3 - Delete every second page...")
            mOutputListener!!.println("Opening the input pdf...")
            val in_doc = PDFDoc(Utils.getAssetTempFile(PDFNetSample.INPUT_PATH + "newsletter.pdf")!!.absolutePath)
            in_doc.initSecurityHandler()

            var page_num = in_doc.pageCount
            while (page_num >= 1) {
                val itr = in_doc.getPageIterator(page_num)
                in_doc.pageRemove(itr)
                page_num -= 2
            }

            in_doc.save(Utils.createExternalFile("newsletter_page_remove.pdf", mFileList).absolutePath, SDFDoc.SaveMode.NO_FLAGS, null)
            mOutputListener!!.println("Done. Result saved in newsletter_page_remove.pdf...")

            //Close the open document to free up document
            //memory sooner than waiting for the
            //garbage collector
            in_doc.close()
        } catch (e2: Exception) {
            mOutputListener!!.printError(e2.stackTrace)
        }

        // Sample 4 - Inserts a page from one document at different
        // locations within another document
        try {
            mOutputListener!!.println("_______________________________________________")
            mOutputListener!!.println("Sample 4 - Insert a page at different locations...")
            mOutputListener!!.println("Opening the input pdf...")

            val in1_doc = PDFDoc(Utils.getAssetTempFile(PDFNetSample.INPUT_PATH + "newsletter.pdf")!!.absolutePath)
            in1_doc.initSecurityHandler()

            val in2_doc = PDFDoc(Utils.getAssetTempFile(PDFNetSample.INPUT_PATH + "fish.pdf")!!.absolutePath)
            in2_doc.initSecurityHandler()

            val src_page_itr = in2_doc.pageIterator
            val src_page = src_page_itr.next()
            val dst_page_itr = in1_doc.pageIterator
            var page_num = 1
            while (dst_page_itr.hasNext()) {
                if (page_num++ % 3 == 0) {
                    in1_doc.pageInsert(dst_page_itr, src_page)
                }
                dst_page_itr.next()
            }

            in1_doc.save(Utils.createExternalFile("newsletter_page_insert.pdf", mFileList).absolutePath, SDFDoc.SaveMode.NO_FLAGS, null)
            mOutputListener!!.println("Done. Result saved in newsletter_page_insert.pdf...")

            //Close the open documents to free up document
            //memory sooner than waiting for the
            //garbage collector
            in1_doc.close()
            in2_doc.close()
        } catch (e2: Exception) {
            mOutputListener!!.printError(e2.stackTrace)
        }

        // Sample 5 - Replicate pages within a single document
        try {
            mOutputListener!!.println("_______________________________________________")
            mOutputListener!!.println("Sample 5 - Replicate pages within a single document...")
            mOutputListener!!.println("Opening the input pdf...")
            val doc = PDFDoc(Utils.getAssetTempFile(PDFNetSample.INPUT_PATH + "newsletter.pdf")!!.absolutePath)
            doc.initSecurityHandler()

            // Replicate the cover page three times (copy page #1 and place it before the
            // seventh page in the document page sequence)
            val cover = doc.getPage(1)
            val p7 = doc.getPageIterator(7)
            doc.pageInsert(p7, cover)
            doc.pageInsert(p7, cover)
            doc.pageInsert(p7, cover)

            // Replicate the cover page two more times by placing it before and after
            // existing pages.
            doc.pagePushFront(cover)
            doc.pagePushBack(cover)

            doc.save(Utils.createExternalFile("newsletter_page_clone.pdf", mFileList).absolutePath, SDFDoc.SaveMode.NO_FLAGS, null)
            mOutputListener!!.println("Done. Result saved in newsletter_page_clone.pdf...")

            //Close the open document to free up document
            //memory sooner than waiting for the
            //garbage collector
            doc.close()
        } catch (e2: Exception) {
            mOutputListener!!.printError(e2.stackTrace)
        }

        // Sample 6 - Use ImportPages() in order to copy multiple pages at once
        // in order to preserve shared resources between pages (e.g. images, fonts,
        // colorspaces, etc.)
        try {
            mOutputListener!!.println("_______________________________________________")
            mOutputListener!!.println("Sample 6 - Preserving shared resources using ImportPages...")
            mOutputListener!!.println("Opening the input pdf...")
            val in_doc = PDFDoc(Utils.getAssetTempFile(PDFNetSample.INPUT_PATH + "newsletter.pdf")!!.absolutePath)
            in_doc.initSecurityHandler()

            val new_doc = PDFDoc()

            val copy_pages = arrayOfNulls<Page>(in_doc.pageCount)
            var j = 0
            val itr = in_doc.pageIterator
            while (itr.hasNext()) {
                copy_pages[j] = itr.next()
                j++
            }

            val imported_pages = new_doc.importPages(copy_pages)
            for (i in imported_pages.indices) {
                new_doc.pagePushFront(imported_pages[i]) // Order pages in reverse order.
                // Use pushBackPage() if you would like to preserve the same order.
            }

            new_doc.save(Utils.createExternalFile("newsletter_import_pages.pdf", mFileList).absolutePath, SDFDoc.SaveMode.NO_FLAGS, null)

            //Close the open documents to free up document
            //memory sooner than waiting for the
            //garbage collector
            in_doc.close()
            new_doc.close()

            mOutputListener!!.println("Done. Result saved in newsletter_import_pages.pdf...")
            mOutputListener!!.println()
            mOutputListener!!.println("Note that the output file size is less than half the size")
            mOutputListener!!.println("of the file produced using individual page copy operations")
            mOutputListener!!.println("between two documents")
        } catch (e1: Exception) {
            mOutputListener!!.printError(e1.stackTrace)
        }

        for (file in mFileList) {
            addToFileList(file)
        }
        printFooter(outputListener)
    }

    companion object {

        private var mOutputListener: OutputListener? = null

        private val mFileList = ArrayList<String>()
    }

}