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# Change & set default tool mode

Learn how to set up the ToolManager in Xamarin.Android with this tutorial. Discover how to change the default Pan Tool using ToolManager.setTool(ToolManager.Tool) API. Explore more here! The Apryse Xa

{% hint style="info" %}
**This tutorial only applies to Xamarin.Android. See Xamarin.iOS equivalent here .**
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When setting up the [`ToolManager`](https://sdk.apryse.com/api/xamarinandroid/tools/api/pdftron.PDF.Tools.ToolManager.html), the default [`Tool`](https://sdk.apryse.com/api/xamarinandroid/tools/api/pdftron.PDF.Tools.Tool.html) is the [`Pan`](https://sdk.apryse.com/api/xamarinandroid/tools/api/pdftron.PDF.Tools.Pan.html) Tool. To change the tool, use [`ToolManager.setTool(ToolManager.Tool)`](https://sdk.apryse.com/api/xamarinandroid/tools/api/pdftron.PDF.Tools.ToolManager.html#pdftron_PDF_Tools_ToolManager_Tool) API.

For example, to switch to the Text Highlighting tool, do the following:

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="C#" %}
{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```csharp
mToolManager.Tool = mToolManager.CreateTool(ToolManager.ToolMode.TextHighlight, mToolManager.Tool);
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Java" %}
{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```java
mToolManager.setTool(mToolManager.createTool(ToolMode.TEXT_HIGHLIGHT, mToolManager.getTool()));
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Kotlin" %}
{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```kotlin
mToolManager.tool = mToolManager.createTool(ToolMode.TEXT_HIGHLIGHT, mToolManager.tool)
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

To continuously using the same tool, do:

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="C#" %}
{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```csharp
var tool = mToolManager.CreateTool(ToolManager.ToolMode.TextHighlight, mToolManager.Tool);
((Tool) tool).ForceSameNextToolMode = true;
mToolManager.Tool = tool;
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Java" %}
{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```java
Tool tool = mToolManager.createTool(ToolMode.TEXT_HIGHLIGHT, mToolManager.getTool())
((Tool) tool).setForceSameNextToolMode(true)
mToolManager.setTool(tool);
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Kotlin" %}
{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```kotlin
val tool = mToolManager.createTool(ToolMode.TEXT_HIGHLIGHT, mToolManager.tool)
(tool as Tool).isForceSameNextToolMode = true
mToolManager.tool = tool
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}
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